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December 14, 1999 | JOHN DANISZEWSKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Sudanese army units took up positions around the nation's capital Monday as citizens of Africa's largest country anxiously waited to see if forces loyal to parliament Speaker Hassan Turabi would dare to fight an emergency decree imposed by his rival for power, President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir.
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August 23, 1998 | From Times Wire Services
Whipping up popular anger over a U.S. missile strike, President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir said Saturday that Sudanese are prepared to die in a holy war. "America is attacking us because we are guardians of Islam," Bashir told a crowd of at least 5,000 people who rallied in a square outside his offices in central Khartoum. "We have tasted the sweet flavor of jihad [holy war] and martyrdom, and what we seek now is to die for the sake of God," Bashir said. "Go! Go!
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February 13, 1998 | From Times Wire Reports
Sudan's first vice president, Maj. Gen. Zubair Mohammed Saleh, and at least seven others were killed when their plane overshot a small runway in heavy fog and plunged into a river in southern Sudan. Officials denied a claim by the Sudan People's Liberation Army that the plane was shot down by its rebels. Official media said the Antonov military plane carrying 57 passengers crashed in Nasir, about 435 miles south of Khartoum. Many passengers are still missing.
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April 11, 1996 | From Associated Press
The United States has ordered the expulsion of a Sudanese diplomat suspected of aiding terrorists who plotted to blow up the United Nations and assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. U.S. officials told Ahmed Yousif Mohamed, a second secretary at the Sudanese mission to the United Nations, on Tuesday that he had 48 hours to leave the country, James P. Rubin, a spokesman at the U.S. mission, said Wednesday. A U.S.
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April 11, 1996 | From Associated Press
The United States has ordered the expulsion of a Sudanese diplomat suspected of aiding terrorists who plotted to blow up the United Nations and assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. U.S. officials told Ahmed Yousif Mohamed, a second secretary at the Sudanese mission to the United Nations, on Tuesday that he had 48 hours to leave the country, James P. Rubin, a spokesman at the U.S. mission, said Wednesday.
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July 18, 1995 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Sudan recalled three of its diplomats who were assaulted outside their homes in Cairo and ordered the families of its embassy staff to leave Egypt. The move followed beatings of Egyptian and Sudanese diplomats in both Cairo and Khartoum over the weekend. Relations between the Arab neighbors have worsened since Egypt accused Sudan of plotting a June 26 assassination attempt on President Hosni Mubarak.