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Addis Ababa - Peace talks aimed at ending 15 months of civil war in South Sudan appeared stalemated on Thursday with hours to go before a regionally-imposed deadline for a deal expires.
Hopes of an agreement were dealt another blow as President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar pulled out of their discussions, promising to reconvene mid-afternoon.
"We are working very hard to meet the deadline, but there are still a number of remaining issues," a diplomat involved in the negotiations told AFP. "There's still a lot of hard work to do."
