WORLD IN BRIEF : SUDAN : Carter Will Try to Extend Cease-Fire
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Former President Jimmy Carter has returned to Sudan to try to secure an extension of a cease-fire, set to end July 28, that he negotiated in March. The official Sudan News Agency said Carter was met in Khartoum by Sudanese Health Minister Gatlouk Deng. Carter negotiated a cease-fire four months ago between the government of President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
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