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...possesses so little of what defines one? Many aid workers and development experts in Juba doubt it can. They have coined a new term to describe its unique status: pre-failed state. In public, the international community tries to be more upbeat. But optimism is hard with so little time to prepare for separation. Southerners are expected overwhelmingly to choose to split Africa's largest country at a referendum on independence next Jan. 9, and David Gressly, the U.N.'s regional coordinator for southern Sudan, admits, "There is a lot of discussion about whether southern Sudan will be ready...
...Hatoyama denies that. He told TIME, "The Japan-U.S. relationship is the most important relationship for Japan's diplomacy," and that his government "is working to create an environment in which Japan will firmly support the U.S. presence in Asia." He also makes clear that by forging warmer ties with China, he's not downgrading the alliance with the U.S. "We are always watchful of the rapidly rising military capability [of China]," he says, but "closer economic ties between China and Japan will be beneficial for the prosperity of the world and for stability in Asia." Better relations between...
...spell disaster. "It could recreate the conditions for civil war," says Gressly. Major General Scott Gration, U.S. special envoy to Sudan, describes his task as ensuring "civil divorce, not civil war," and warns, "This place could go down in flames tomorrow. The probability of failure is great." (See a TIME video on the nun offering a refuge from violence in Sudan...
...Read a TIME cover story on Sudan...
...TIME video on a terrorist prisoner evoking hatred and sympathy in Sudan...