InfoAnda - South Sudan president asks for peacekeepers

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

IAC stops developing search, Ask.com to outsource | | 10 November 2010
Taiwan gaming pioneer on top of the world | 18 December 2010
Slumdog, Happy top Satellite nods | Entertainment | | 15 December 2008

Thai PM keeps options open on ceasefire | 18 February 2011

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : South Sudan president asks for peacekeepers

Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America South Sudan president asks for peacekeepers Reuters - Sunday, October 10 Send IM Story Print By Louis Charbonneau KHARTOUM - South Sudan's president has asked U.N. Security Council envoys to send peacekeepers and set up a buffer zone along the country's north-south border ahead of a southern vote on independence, diplomats said Saturday. Sudan's oil-producing south is three months away from the scheduled start of a politically sensitive referendum on whether to secede or stay part of Sudan, a vote promised in a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war with the north. Sudan's Muslim north and its south, where most follow Christianity and traditional beliefs, have still not agreed on the position of their shared border and analysts fear conflict could re-erupt in contested zones, some of which contain oil. In a sign of the tension over the vote, up to 40 pro-independence southerners clashed with riot police and northern unity campaigners in downtown Khartoum Saturday. The demonstrations were held to coincide with the visit to the capital of the envoys of U.N. Security Council states, who also visited the semi-autonomous south in recent days and met with its president, Salva Kiir. "Salva Kiir asked for U.N peacekeepers to be deployed along the border between the north and the south," one diplomat told Reuters, on condition of anonymity, saying the request was made at a meeting in the southern capital Juba Wednesday. The diplomat said the request would be considered but the envoys made no promises to Kiir. A second diplomat said Kiir had also proposed setting up a buffer zone along the ill-defined border. The diplomat did not give details of location of the proposed zone or its width. A third member of the visiting Security Council delegation said a deployment of peacekeepers on the frontier was not something explicitly called for in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and would therefore require some "adjustments." The U.N. has 10,000 peacekeepers stationed in Sudan, not counting its joint mission with the African Union in the western province of Darfur. Most of the 10,000 are in the south and in three former civil war battle ground areas along the border. RIOT POLICE Riot police beat the group of southerners after they turned up at a 2,000-strong rally in support of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, timed to coincide with the Security Council envoys' visit to the foreign ministry nearby. Clad in orange caps, the southerners arrived at the rally shouting pro-independence slogans, witnesses said. Pro-unity supporters approached the southerners in downtown Khartoum, shouted at them to leave and pushed towards them. Police beat the southerners with fists and batons and arrested some of them, witnesses said. Officials also hit three Westerners, two of them journalists, after ordering them to leave the scene. Karti told the U.N. delegation Khartoum was committed to holding the vote on time but would not accept any southern "interference." Khartoum has accused the south of cracking down on unity supporters, a charge dismissed by the south. Britain's ambassador to the U.N. Mark Lyall Grant later told reporters the timetable for the vote was "very tight" but "doable" if the parties stuck to their promises with backing from the international community. Southerners, embittered by the conflict and perceived northern exploitation, are widely expected to choose secession. Khartoum wants to keep Africa's largest country united. Troops from both sides have clashed since the accord, most recently in the contested Abyei oil region. The two sides have also accused each other of building up troops near their shared border as the referendum approaches. Recommend Send IM Story Print Related Articles Rescue shaft reaches trapped miners in Chile AFP - 18 minutes ago British aid worker killed in botched Afghan rescue AFP - 26 minutes ago UK-World Summary Reuters - 1 hour 43 minutes ago Iran says Oct-Nov a good time for nuclear talks AFP - 1 hour 20 minutes ago Hungary village evacuated as new toxic flood 'likely' AFP - 1 hour 56 minutes ago News Search Top Stories IMF calls for more study on economic imbalances EDF charges Constellation pulls out of US reactor project Win for husband and wife, Games in race row British minister says cuts may be scaled back Ryanair may quit Marseille over court case: report More Top Stories » ADVERTISEMENT Most Popular Most Viewed Most Recommended British lottery winner gets record 129 mln euros Win for husband and wife, Games in race row Arabs 'give US one month to revive peace talks' Europe takes currency fight to US Weak US jobs report hangs over November elections More Most Viewed » US state executes first woman in nearly 100 years Workers swarm Europe's streets in anti-cuts protests Global marine life census charts vast world beneath the seas More Most Recommended » Elsewhere on Yahoo! Financial news on Yahoo! Finance Stars and latest movies Best travel destinations More on Yahoo! News Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Subscribe to our news feeds Top StoriesMy Yahoo!RSS » More news feeds | What are news feeds? Also on Yahoo! Answers Groups Mail Messenger Mobile Travel Finance Movies Sports Games » All Yahoo! Services Site Highlights Singapore Full Coverage Most Popular Asia Entertainment Photos World Cup 2010 Yahoo! News Network Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Community | Intellectual Property Rights Policy | Help

Other News on Sunday, 10 October 2010
South Sudan president asks for peacekeepers
Egypt's main opposition group to contest election
North Korea's leader-in-waiting attends state gala |
IMF calls for more study on economic imbalances
Pakistan reopens main land route for NATO supplies
Iran says Oct-Nov a good time for nuclear talks
British aid worker killed in botched Afghan rescue
Iraqi PM urges rivals to agree to unity government
Palestinians give U.S. one month to curb settlements
Iran: ready for nuclear talks in late Oct or early Nov
Singapore win men's team table tennis gold
British aid worker dies during rescue mission
Coutts' five golds highlight Australia at Commonwealth Games
North Korea's leader-in-waiting attends state gala
Nobel euphoria fails to mask tough reality in China
Liverpool marks 70th birthday of John Lennon
X Factor finalists face public vote
IMF should be tougher on exchange rate monitoring: US
France's GDF Suez signs China LNG supply deal
John Lennon's son unveils monument on anniversary |
Iran may be ready for nuclear talks by late October
Dutchwoman in Colombia's FARC has prominent role
North Korea's heir debuts at giant military parade |
British aid worker killed in botched Afghan rescue
Microsoft pinning mobile hopes on new operating system
EDF charges Constellation pulls out of US reactor project
Chile rescuers reinforce shaft for miners' escape |
Mandela letters show jail heartbreak: report
Kyrgyzstan votes in landmark election |
No US government takeover of economy:Geithner
Iran may be ready for nuclear talks by late October |
Japan and China defense chiefs to meet Monday: report |
China Nobel Peace Prize winner's wife missing
Taliban claim Pakistan NATO supply convoy attack
Vietnam flood death toll reaches 64: officials
Al-Qaeda views West terror alert fears as victory: experts
Nevada family's secret life unravels
Indonesia flood toll rises to 148: official
Australia, Pacific kick off global climate action
Japan and China defence chiefs to meet Monday
N.Korea puts power and heir apparent on display
Ubisoft jumps on Kinect motion-sensing videogame controls
US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary
Vietnam holds largest military display in years
Bill Gates to attend G20 business summit
IMF, World Bank to wrap up three days of talks
John Lennon's son unveils monument on anniversary
Japanese detainee set to return from China
Fox gets teeth into Chinese movie market
South Korea bank chief hopeful of currency deal this year
Emerging Asia must move to end crisis-era spending: IMF
Indonesia picks up Playboy editor to face jail sentence
NATO supplies through Pakistan border resume
2 Taliban commanders killed; 2 NATO troops die
Solomon Burke dies: Netherlands airport
Gay rights march in Belgrade triggers riots |
2 Taliban commanders, 2 fighters killed: NATO
Hungary races to build dam amid new sludge threat |
NATO: 2 Taliban commanders, 2 fighters killed
More than 4,000 complaints in Afghan poll |
Dutch Antilles dissolves as two new countries created |
Iraq broadcasts confessions by al Qaeda insurgents |
Iran rebels say kidnap nuclear expert |
Court acquits Iraqis of killing six British soldiers |
US drone kills seven militants in Pakistan: officials
N.Zealand TV host at centre of India race row quits
Nadal beats Monfils to win Japan Open tennis
Vettel wins Japanese Grand Prix
Cop who made tapes accuses NYPD of false arrest
Reformists lose hope for Indonesia
Global Weather-Celsius
Anti-gay torture allegations stun neighbors in NYC
S.Korea drops plan to use 'sound cannon' at G20
Abrupt yuan rise problematic for China: experts
Turkmen leader fires gas monopoly chief
Soul singer Solomon Burke dies in Amsterdam |
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph		BlogMeter 1.01