Sudan: Huge Turnout On Second Day of Voting in Referendum

Thousands of south Sudanese have turned out to vote on the second day of the landmark referendum on independence. In a repeat of scenes on Sunday, huge queues formed outside polling stations in the regional capital, Juba, long before dawn.

Many people were wearing their best clothes as they cast their vote on whether to break away from the mainly Arab muslim north of the country.

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