A troubled East African nation that has long been regarded as a major sponsor of international terrorism now finds itself playing a pivotal role in the dramatic Middle East peace negotiations. Legalbrief reports that Sudan, which once served as the headquarters of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network and backed Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups, appears to have turned the page.
And on Saturday Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdock addressed the nation as it celebrated the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir. Hamdock last week announced that funds to compensate the families of the victims of the bombing of the destroyer USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the 1998 bombing of the US embassies in Dar El Salaam in Tanzania and Nairobi in Kenya have been raised.
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