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watch 24 season 8 episode 21

Season Eight, also known as Day 8, and the final season, of the American serial television series 24 began shooting on May 27, 2009, and premiered on January 17, 2010 with a four-hour two-day premiere. The series finale will air May 24, 2010. The story arc involves Jack Bauer contending with assassination threats made during a peace conference between President of the United States Allison Taylor and President Omar Hassan of the fictional Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK), a country similar

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Scenes from Sudan – The Big Picture

(Women from a local tribe sit in an open market in Kapoeta in Budy county, eastern Equatoria State, south Sudan, April 4, 2010. [REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic]) http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/scenes_from_sudan.html Residents of the African nation of Sudan recently cast votes in the first national election in over 20 years. Official results are still forthcoming, but early indications show that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is set to win a landslide victory. Opposition parties are threatening to boycott the results, as a statement from the U.S. White House described the election as plagued by “serious irregularities”. Sudan remains a country with serious problems from conflict in Darfur and ongoing humanitarian crises in refugee camps and several drought-stricken regions. The election is also seen as prelude to another upcoming vote: a referendum of independence for Southern Sudan in 2011 that could create a new African nation. Collected here are recent photos from Sudan. (38 photos total) added by: Almibry