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Envoy queries Sudan terror status

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 02:00 GMT, Friday, 31 July 2009 03:00 UK

A senior American official has said there is no evidence to support keeping Sudan on a list of countries that sponsor terrorism.

Sudan envoy Scott Gration also said the US would have to "unwind" sanctions imposed as a result of that status.

A Sudanese official welcomed what he called "positive signals" from the US.

The comments came amid a debate in the US about policy over Darfur, where the UN says some 300,000 people have died in the six years of conflict.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8177573.stm

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