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  A New Flag Raised: South Sudan Celebrates Birth

  World | Jul 09, 2011, 09:54 PM IST

  Juba, South Sudan, Jul 9: South Sudan raised the flag of its new nation for the first time Saturday, as thousands of South Sudanese citizens and dozens of international dignitaries swarmed the new country capital

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  South Sudan Becomes World's Newest Nation On Saturday

  World | Jul 08, 2011, 09:23 PM IST

  Juba/Kampala, Jul 8: After decades of brutal war which killed two million people, oil-rich South Sudan finally becomes independent from Sudan's Khartoum-ruled north tomorrow in an emotional celebration to be witnessed by a host of