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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Authorities have detained the editor in chief and a columnist of an independent daily newspaper that was ordered closed after publishing a column criticizing Sudan's justice minister, a deputy editor said Friday.
Editor in chief Mahjoub Urwah and columnist Osman Mirghani of the Al Sudani newspaper were summoned by the authorities for interrogation Thursday, the day the newspaper was closed, and never returned, said deputy editor Noureddine Medani.
"Later in the day, we were told by the authorities that Urwah and Mirghani would remain in detention for three days for further interrogation and investigation," Medani said.
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