The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 31, 2011 99% of Southern Sudan Votes to Secede -------------------------------------- Authorities in Southern Sudan have announced that 99 percent of voters in the region have opted to secede from the country's northern region. .