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"The Southern Sudan Referendum Commission says it is '100 percent ready' for the voting process to begin on Jan. 9. Chan Reec Madut, deputy chairman of the SSRC and head of its Juba bureau, announced on Monday that a total of 3.9 million southerners have registered for the self-determination vote...

"A similar survey carried out last year in southern Sudan by the US-based National Democratic Institute revealed that more than 90 percent of southerners planned to vote for secession."

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