在下个月南方独立之前，人权组织警告苏丹北部和南部之间的边界地区的人道主义灾难。国际特赦组织表示，种族清洗运动似乎已经开始动摇该地区。喀土穆表示，他们将在满足一定的条件的情况下从有争议的阿卜耶伊地区撤军。但是，但是他们否认基于种族的原因袭击平民。

美国公布越南战争最高机密文件

The United States has released in its entirety a top secret report into the Vietnam War 40 years after parts of it were leaked to the New York Times. At the time, the revelations that the Kennedy and Johnson administrations had secretly escalated the conflict and lied to Congress about it increased opposition to the war. The man who leaked the documents, Daniel Ellsberg, says he already picked out the best bits.

美国全面公布了有关越南战争的绝密文件，40年前，某些部分文件曾泄露给《纽约时报》。当时，肯尼迪和约翰逊政府秘密的使冲突升级，同时向国会中说谎，导致反战争队伍不断壮大。泄露机密文件的丹尼尔-埃尔斯伯格（Daniel Ellsberg）表示，他已经选择了其中最好的讯息。

斯里兰卡与印度恢复海上客运

India and Sri Lanka have launched their first ferry service after a gap of 30 years. The vessel is carrying more than 1,000 people from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Ferries were suspended during Sri Lanka's long-running battle against Tamil Tiger rebels, which ended two years ago.