KHARTOUM APPROVES REFERENDUM LAW

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The National Assembly has adopted today a key law paving the way for the 2011 referendum on south Sudan self-determination after northern and southern leaders struck a deal on a disputed article.The new version of the law approved by MPs includes a provision demanded by southern politicians that requires diaspora southerners to cast their ballots in the south, Agence France-Presse reported.

A previous version adopted last week by the NCP allowed for absentee votes, prompting a walkout from parliament by southern politicians fearful that if southerners voted in the north there could be fraud and pressure by Khartoum.

The Bill to become law needs now the signatures of the Presidency.