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Sudan President To Istanbul For Summit Next Week

The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports, citing Sudanese sources, that Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will participate in the Turkey-Africa summit to be held in Istanbul next week.

The paper notes that this is the first time Al-Bashir will have left Sudan since the International Criminal Court began proceedings against him for war crimes in Darfur.

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, August 15, 2008

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