Newsline 20 October 2009: Following a discredited first round, Afghanistan is to face a deciding vote; Obama’s 'carrot and stick' policy towards Sudan; the revival of story-telling at a festival in Amsterdam.

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Afghanistan to hold a run off on November 7:
Officials have announced that Afghanistan will face a deciding round of voting in November after the first round was discredited by fraud. Incumbent president Hamid Karzai has accepted the decision.

Cautious welcome for new US policy towards Sudan:
Reports that both rebel and government forces have been massing in Darfur have raised fears of new violence. While US policy towards the war-ravaged nation may have shifted, prospects of peace are as tenuous as ever.

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It’s the way you tell them:
A story-telling festival in Amsterdam brought together performers from all over the world this weekend in a bid to revive the art of delivering a good yarn.

Marijke Peters reports from Amsterdam