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The body of an American diplomat gunned down in Khartoum was placed aboard a jet Thursday for a flight out of the country, and FBI agents arrived to investigate his slaying, U.S. Embassy officials said.
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Sudanese security forces arrested two suspects in the murder of a U.S. diplomat Saturday, the official state news agency announced.
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