World News Over 99% in Southern Sudan vote for secession

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Southern Sudan's referendum commission said Jan. 30 that apporoximately 99 percent of voters in the south opted to secede from the country's north in a vote held between Jan. 9-15.

The announcement drew cheers from a crowd of thousands that gathered in Juba, the dusty capital of what may become the world's newest country.

The weeklong vote, held in early January and widely praised for being peaceful and for meeting international standards, was a condition of a 2005 peace agreement that ended a north-south civil war that lasted two decades and killed two million people. The U.N. also praised the conduct of the election. (AP)

スーダン南部独立、99％が賛成

1月9日から15日の日程で行なわれたスーダン南部の分離独立を問う住民投票で、投票管理委員会は1月30日、独立賛成が99％を超えたとする暫定結果を発表した。

Shukan ST: February 11, 2011

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