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Sudan Turns Violent After Garang's Death

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Rioters burned cars and threw stones in Sudan's capital Monday after a helicopter crash killed the country's vice president, who until recently was a southern rebel leader.

Sudanese leaders appealed for calm and said the nation's peace process would remain on track. But some southern Sudanese were suspicious about the circumstances of the death of John Garang, who was a key figure in the fledgling peace deal between the predominantly Arab Muslim government and the Christian south.