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Article: 2nd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 13, 2008
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2nd LD: Sudan, Chad sign new peace deal
DAKAR, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-
Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed here Thursday
evening a peace deal aimed to end years of hostility between the two
neighboring countries.
The latest in a series of peace agreements aimed at pacifying
their troubled relations commits both nations to implement past
accords that have so far failed to help end violence in the area.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and African Union Chairman
Jakaya Kikwete, who is also Tanzanian president, were present at the
signing ceremony.
The two countries have constantly blamed each other for
supporting the neighbor's rebels, who are ...