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Senior Sudanese delegation invited to Washington

| April 25, 2013 | 0 Comments

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is preparing to welcome a senior Sudanese delegation to the United States for some rare highest-level diplomacy between the countries. State Department spokeswoman Hilary Renner says Sudanese presidential adviser Nafie Ali Nafie and other officials have accepted an invitation to Washington for a “candid discussion [...]

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Senior Sudanese delegation invited to Washington

| April 23, 2013 | 0 Comments

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration is preparing to welcome a senior Sudanese delegation to the United States for some rare highest-level diplomacy between the countries. State Department spokeswoman Hilary Renner says Sudanese presidential adviser Nafie Ali Nafie and other officials have accepted an invitation to Washington for a “candid discussion [...]

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U.S. to recognize south Sudan as a new country, Obama says

| October 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

LOS ANGELES — The United States will recognize southern Sudan as a new, independent country in July, President Barack Obama announced Monday. The announcement, which had been expected, came on the day that officials formally announced that 98 percent of the votes cast in the Jan. 9 referendum supported splitting Sudan into separate countries. More [...]

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SPLM Party and By-Partisanship, Are We There Yet?

| October 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Usa — It takes a while since the vice president of the republic of South Sudan, Dr. Riek Machar Dhourgon to analyse his speech in both UN general assembly meetings in New York, and his political rallies speeches in various States in the United States. Therefore, I would like to considerate in his adequate and [...]

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Humane Society president seeks seat on Tyson board

| October 8, 2012 | 0 Comments

By JEANNIE NUSSAssociated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The president of an organization leading the fight against cramped cages for pregnant pigs said Tuesday he’s seeking a spot on Tyson Food Inc.’s board of directors to put more pressure on the nation’s second-largest pork processor to abandon the crates. Ending the use of so-called [...]

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Khartoum urges foreign diplomatic missions to back deal with South Sudan

| October 3, 2012 | 0 Comments

October 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has asked foreign diplomatic missions in the country to support the set of agreements it signed last week with neighboring South Sudan. FILE PHOTO – Sudan ambassador in South Sudan Mutrif Sidiq Members of the international community including the United States and United Nations praised the agreements [...]

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Western embassies on alert as anger simmers over film

| September 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Western embassies on alert as anger simmers over film * Germany follows US in reducing embassy staff in Sudan * Protesters burn US flag outside embassy in Turkey * Panetta says violence diminishing DUBAI: Western embassies across the Muslim world remained on high alert on Sunday and the United States urged vigilance after days of [...]

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Germany orders embassy staff to leave Khartoum

| September 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

BERLIN: Germany ordered some staff members to leave its embassy in Sudan and bolstered security at the mission in Khartoum after it was stormed Friday by protesters infuriated by an anti-Islamic film made in the United States. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said the staffing levels at the embassy in Khartoum had [...]

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Germany orders embassy staff to leave Khartoum

| September 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

BERLIN | Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:09am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany ordered some staff members to leave its embassy in Sudan and bolstered security at the mission in Khartoum after it was stormed on Friday by protesters infuriated by an anti-Islamic film made in the United States. A spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in [...]

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Violence erupts at protests of anti-Islam film

| September 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

CAIRO — Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai despite an appeal for calm from Egypt’s Islamist president. At least four people — all protesters — [...]

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