Sudan Veep dies

Sudan's Vice-President John Garang, a former rebel leader, is killed in a helicopter crash, a UN official in Sudan says.

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Hmmm.  It's always nerve-wracking when a high official dies in Africa.  Almost every country there is on a wafer-thin line of stability to begin with.  I wonder if this was an accident, or if Darfur played into it...