ASMARA, OCT. 14, SPA -- A PEACE ACCORD WAS SIGNED HERE TODAY BETWEEN THE SUDAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND ALSHARQ (EAST) FRONT, A REBEL GROUP DEMANDING EQUALITY OF POWER AND WEALTH FOR THE EASTERN PART OF THE SUDAN. IYAD BIN AMEEN MADANI, MINSTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION, REPRESENTED THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IN THE SIGNING CEREMONY TAKING THE INITIALS OF SUDAN'S SENIOR NEGOTIATIOR DR. MUSTAFA OTHMAN ISMAEL AND REBELS' LEADER MUSA MOHAMMED AHMED.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/396204