George Clooney Discusses Sudan Situation

In a sweet mother's day twist, George Clooney, who was arrested on for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in US, revealed that he used the "one phone call" rule to call his mother.

A mob has destroyed a church compound in Sudan, the pastor said on Sunday, amid a mood of nationalist fervor after Khartoum said it liberated an oilfield occupied by South Sudan. Pastor Yousif Matar Kodi said hundreds of extremists descended on a farm and training compound.

Hundreds of South Sudanese danced, screamed and waved flags as the announcement Monday was delivered into the square of the declaration of independence for a nation born.