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Peace called fragile

Sudan's volatile southern region could collapse into chaos again if the international community does not do more to strengthen the 2005 peace deal that ended more than 20 years of civil war, a group of aid agencies warned yesterday.

The first multi-party elections in more than two decades are set for April, and the groups said in a report released yesterday that a referendum on independence for the south in January 2011 also could re-ignite the war that killed