Sudan to mull north-south confederation after vote
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Northern and southern Sudanese leaders on Saturday said they would consider forming a confederation or a common market if southerners chose to declare independence in an upcoming referendum.
Citizens of the country's oil-producing south are six months away from a vote on whether to stay part of Sudan or split away as an independent state - a plebiscite promised in a 2005 accord that ended decades of north-south civil war. (Reuters)
