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British aid worker Patrick Noonan, who was freed after nearly three months of captivity in Sudan's Darfur region, arrives at Khartoum airport on May 30, 2012. Noonan, who spent 86 days in captivity, had been in Sudan for about two years and was working as a logistician for the World Food Programme in Nyala when he was abducted by 'armed men' on March 6, the UN agency said.

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  • Russian firm: Iran victim of another cyberattack

    world.According to Kaspersky, the virus collected information not only in Iran, but also in Israel and the Palestinian territories , Sudan , Syria , Lebanon , Saudi Arabia and Egypt .Iran, however, was far and away the country most affected, it said.A unit   Read more »

  • Backlash against African migrants in Israel

    other solutions will have to be looked for," like finding a third country to take them in.Because most migrants come from Sudan, an enemy state, and Eritrea, a country with an abysmal human rights record, the line between refugee and economic migrants is blurred.   Read more »

  • Wife of Sudan diplomat hurt by stray bullet in NY

    -- Police say the 31-year-old wife Sudanese diplomat was hit by a stray bullet as she walked with her two children in Queens.The woman was in stable condition at Elmhurst Hospital after the incident Tuesday. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday   Read more »

  • US Muslim: I was tortured at FBI's behest in UAE

    same mosque in Portland as a man who has been charged in a plot to detonate a bomb in the northwestern U.S. city. He moved to Sudan in 2009 and later to the United Arab Emirates. He went to Sweden, where he has relatives, after being released from detention   Read more »

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About Sudan

Sudan (or The Sudan; officially the Republic of the Sudan or Republic of Sudan) (Arabic :السودان) is the largest country by area in Africa and the largest Arab country by area. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. It is the tenth largest country in the world by area.

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