Expulsion of U.S. Diplomat Is Ordered

Sudan ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat, accusing him of discussing security issues with dissidents who the government said were planning an armed uprising. Glenn Warren has 72 hours to leave the country, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. Warren was detained briefly Wednesday for observing a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance, an umbrella organization for opposition groups. Seven Sudanese opposition leaders were arrested and held. In Washington, State Department spokesman Philip T. Reeker said the United States “utterly rejects” the notion that Warren acted inappropriately.