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Sudan Lawmakers Cancel Meeting on Constitutional Changes

   Sudan's state-run news agency says a parliamentary committee tasked
   with amending the constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run
   for another term has abruptly canceled its meeting.

   SUNA says the meeting was scheduled for Sunday but has been postponed
   for "emergency reasons." It says a new date will be announced later.

   Sudan has been rocked by a wave of protests since December calling on
   al-Bashir, who seized power in a 1989 military coup, to step down.
   Activists say at least 57 people have been killed, but the government
   tally stands at 30.

   Al-Bashir has vowed to run for another term, saying the country can
   only change leadership through elections.