Abyei Residents Vote on Whether to Join Sudan or South Sudan
![Women wait to vote inside a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei, Oct. 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6E445BF3-AB71-4FF0-A2F0-961C4AAEEEAC_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Women wait to vote inside a polling station located in a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei, Oct. 28, 2013.
![A man pours drinking water at a former school near polling station in Abyei, Oct. 28, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/71E767F2-40BB-467E-A58B-6119E8FE8A99_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man pours drinking water at a former school near polling station in Abyei, Oct. 28, 2013.
![A man waits inside a mosquito tent in a school to vote near a polling station during a referendum in Abyei, Oct. 27, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9227F518-6913-40C1-848C-450A0327FD56_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man waits inside a mosquito tent in a school to vote near a polling station during a referendum in Abyei, Oct. 27, 2013.
![Men wait to vote at a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei, Oct. 27, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/167667ED-B2C2-4C7D-8350-CBE22D813B8B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men wait to vote at a school during a referendum in the town of Abyei, Oct. 27, 2013.