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South Sudan Faces New Obstacles To Implementing Peace Deal

By  Jason Beaubien and Kelly Mcevers
   
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In the latest step toward peace to end South Sudan's civil war, Vice President Riek Machar agreed to return to the country as long as he's allowed to bring his own troops to the capital.

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