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Sudan selected for UN Security Council

    NAIROBI

    Africa nations this week announced the selection of Sudan to represent the continent as a non-permanent member on the UN Security Council, news agencies reported on Tuesday. Sudan has been under international sanctions for four years in an effort to extradite three suspects sought in connection with a failed assassination bid carried out in Ethiopia against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

    The 53 African nations brushed aside strong opposition from Washington to choose Sudan last week, over Mauritius and Uganda, to succeed Namibia on the council. Sudan's two-year term will begin in January. Sudan will be one of the three designated African nations holding a non-permanent seat on the 15-member council, which has five permanent member seats.

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