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Khartoum's Preconditions Endless - Amum South Sudan should develop an alternative outlet to the sea to export its oil and develop its trade with the rest of its neighbours as Khartoum’s preconditions and obstruction are not about to end, says Mr Pagan Amum, South Sudan’s chief negotiator to the post independence talks with Sudan. 22 December 2012 Pagan Amum said as long as Sudan continues its preconditions, the two countries will find themselves in a state of no war, no peace, no flow of oil, and no trade. [Gurtong | File] JUBA, 21 December 2012 [GOSS] - Mr Amum who was speaking on 19 December at Juba International Airport soon after arrival from Addis Ababa where they have been engaging in the next round of talks with Khartoum government after the September 27 agreements inked by the two heads states, said Sudan was not interested in implementing the peace pack. Sudan and South Sudan have been experiencing an impasse in implementing ...

South Sudan Admits It Downed U.N. Helicopter, Killing Four South Sudan's army shot down a United Nations peacekeeping helicopter in the restive Jonglei state on Friday, killing the four Russian crew members onboard, U.N. and military officials said. 22 December 2012 Army spokesman Philip Aguer said an artillery unit had spotted a plane landing in an area where Yau Yau forces were operating. [Gurtong | File] JUBA, 22 December 2012 [REUTERS] - A U.N. source said the helicopter was on a reconnaissance mission in an area where the SPLA, South Sudan's army, has been fighting rebels led by David Yau Yau. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the attack on the "clearly marked" helicopter and in a statement called "on the government of South Sudan to immediately carry out an investigation and bring ...

The National Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning said today that no state can threaten its powers over the management of revenue collections, in a response to the announcement by Central Equatoria State to pull out from the centralized revenue collections. South Sudanese Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Dr Marial Awou at a past event. [Gurtong | File] JUBA, 30 October 2012 [Gurtong] - Dr. Marial Awou, the Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning said in a statement that, “no anyone state can threaten the central government.” “We expect them to give us a written document containing their decision and we have to sit down and discuss,” he said. The Central Equatoria State Governor Clement Wani Konga last week announced his government decision to pull out from the National Government policy of centralized revenue collections. Konga said despite well written terms of agreement between the states and the national government, the cen...

by Michael Angier   The tendency in most organizations--whether large companies, government departments or even family units--is not to rock the boat and refrain from telling telling our truth. For a variety of reasons, we hold back from saying what's true for us. We may fear being ostracized, held up for promotion, ridiculed or even fired. But that's not the way to greatness; that's the way to mediocrity or even failure. To grow, we have to tell the truth-- OUR truth.   I'm talking here about sharing what we believe, what we feel and what we think about things that matter. Sometimes we hold back because we're protecting the person or persons we need to confront. Maybe we're not sure they can handle the truth. But we do them and ourselves a great disservice when we withhold our point of view. Telling the truth truly is a loving act.  Can you overdo it? Sure. And you should never use this to dump your judgments, righteous opinions or hars...

No sex tonight? I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me." I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my  puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?" Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep. The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend ti...

  No sex tonight? I never quite figured out why the sexual urge of men and women differ so much. And I never have figured out the whole Venus and Mars thing. I have never figured out why men think with their head and women with their heart. FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me." I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear... "You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man." She responded to my  puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?" Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep. The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to ...