KHARTOUM — Sudan's parliament voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to ratify an agreement to end hostilities with South Sudan and restart southern oil exports, a day after Juba's assembly approved the deal. The settlement defused some of the disputes that brought the countries close to all-out war earlier this year – and set up a demilitarized buffer zone along their contested border. Sudanese parliamentary speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Taher said all but two deputies had voted for the agreement, which was initially signed by the two countries' leaders in Addis Ababa last month. — Reuters
