With south departure, Sudan will lose land, resources _ but regime ensuring it keeps power

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan will lose a third of its land, nearly a quarter of its population and much of its main money-maker, oil, if south Sudanese vote for independence in a referendum Sunday as seems all but certain. Khartoum’s government wants to make sure it doesn’t lose its grip on power as well. President Omar al-Bashir has spent most of his 21 years in power vowing to his supporters that he will hold Sudan together. But he appears to have accepted the reality that southerners are determined to break away, along with a Texas-sized, oil-rich chunk of the country. Now he’s working on two fronts — to shore up his position in the new, truncated Sudan and to secure rewards…

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With south departure, Sudan will lose land, resources _ but regime ensuring it keeps power

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