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January 10, 2011 |
‘As the sun cleared the horizon and the voting began, the streets of Juba, the capital of southern Sudan <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/sudan/index.html?inline=nyt-geo> , broke into a street party. Women were literally skipping around the polls. Young men thumped on drums. Others were wrapped in flags.
People were hollering, singing, hugging, kissing, smacking high-fives and dancing as if they never wanted the day to end, despite the sun beating down and voting lines that snaked for blocks. ‘
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/world/africa/10sudan.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22