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The World - News from July 10, 1989

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Sudan’s new military ruler, Brig. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, appointed a 21-member Cabinet, with fellow army officers as deputy prime minister and interior minister. Nine days after ousting the elected government of Prime Minister Sadek Mahdi, Bashir formally added the jobs of prime minister and defense minister to his posts of commander-in-chief of the armed forces and effective head of state.

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