The continuing fiasco regarding 54 year old Gillian Gibbons, a UK teacher from Liverpool, jailed for 15 days in Sudan for insulting Islam by allowing her class to name a teddy bear Muhammad, is still heading the media in the UK with a meeting with two British Muslim peers, Labour's Lord Ahmed and Conservative Baroness Warsi, at a secret loc

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The actor traveled last year to China and Egypt seeking to persuade Sudan’s allies to use their leverage with Khartoum to solve the 4 1/2 -year-long crisis. He said he had learned that “there are two ways of getting things done,” and with his new U.N. role, he would try “being a little more diplomatic

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A plane traveling from Amman, Jordan has crashed at the Khartoum airport in Sudan. The video does not look good but there are reports of survivors. Kudos to the airline crew for what their effort at saving people from what looks to be a major crash.

Air travel safety is something we often overlook but crashes like this pro

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A nasty air crash at Khartoum, Sudan of a Sudan airways plane highlights the risks of flying in the devloping world. Though the risks aren't what you think they are. When checking out an airline there are couple of things you should consider and its not the number of seat back entertainment channels (though Emirates 600 is h

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