Birth of a new country

Southern Sudanese will begin voting Sunday on whether to separate from Sudan. If they elect to do so, they will join the ranks of more than two dozen other countries that have formed since the beginning of 1990.

SOURCE: CIA World Fact Book | By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post - January 09, 2011

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