First day of south Sudan vote ends, Aljazeera (2011)
This news article is about closing the Polling stations on the first day of voting in Southern Sudan's week-long referendum on secession. 1,400 international observers are deployed across Sudan to see firsthand that the referendum passes off without any incident. This festive atmosphere was disturbed with deadly clashes reported in Abyei, hours after voting started. Abyei residents are not voting in the south's referendum.
The link address is: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201119152548328783.html
