WASHINGTON: The United States urged South Sudan's president Monday to sign a peace deal with rebels within two weeks to end 20 months of brutal civil war.

While rebel chief Riek Machar signed the accord, President Salva Kiir and his government did not, with a mediator saying they had "certain reservations" and would return within 15 days after consultations.

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