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Sudanese Rebel Forces, Darfur Government Reach Peace Deal

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   Sudan's transitional power-sharing government has reached a peace deal
   with an alliance of rebel groups from the troubled western region of
   Darfur.

   The government says it initialed a pact Monday in Juba, the capital of
   neighboring South Sudan, with the Sudan Revolutionary Front, which
   includes the Justice and Equality Movement and the Sudan Liberation
   Army. The coalition includes rebel groups that have fought in the
   neighboring southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile.

   The final agreement offers the rebel groups political representation,
   integration into the national security forces and economic and land
   rights.

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