AGOK, Sudan - Four months before Southern Sudan is scheduled to hold an independence referendum, tensions are already rising in this oil-rich region that sits on the expected future border, with allegations the central government is using violence and ethnic cleansing to sway the vote. The central Sudan region of Abyei is the subject of a tug-of-war between leaders in Sudan's north and south. The border zone is home to some of Sudan's richest oil fields, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In...
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