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Sudan Plans to Sell Up to 100 Million Euros of Islamic Bonds: "Sudan plans to sell as much as 100 million euros ($147 million) of Islamic bonds in the African nation's first sale of the debt, according to an e-mail from the Central Bank of Bahrain, where the securities will be placed.
The Sudanese government will sell between 75 million euros and 100 million euros of the so-called sukuk securities maturing in 2010, Bahrain's Manama-based central bank said in its monthly capital market review. Sudan has set-up the Sudan Salam Sukuk Co., a special purpose vehicle, in Bahrain to sell the bonds."

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