Diplomat from Sudan expelled

UNITED NATIONS - The US has ordered the expulsion of a diplomat from Sudan's UN mission on suspicion of terrorist and espionage…

UNITED NATIONS - The US has ordered the expulsion of a diplomat from Sudan's UN mission on suspicion of terrorist and espionage activities. A US spokesman, Mr James Rubin, last night said second secretary Ahmad Yousif Mohamed was suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the United Nations, announced by US authorities in June, 1993.

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