U.S. passes bill to restore Sudan s sovereign immunity
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Dec. 22 (UPI) Since Sudan came off the U.S. blacklist for terrorism last week, lawmakers have reinstated Sudan s legal immunity except for cases involving the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
U.S. lawmakers passed the legislation Monday to restore Sudan s sovereign immunity with an exemption to allow ongoing lawsuits filed by families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to go forward, Al Jazeera reported.
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