1.   The sanctions, which restrict the movements abroad of Sudanese diplomats and government officials, have become largely symbolic.

2.   A Sudanese diplomat in Cairo welcomed the new regulation, saying that he hoped it would ease the tough security checks Sudanese experience upon arrival at Egyptian terminals.

3.   A Sudanese diplomat and another Sudanese were beaten in downtown Zagreb and both were briefly hospitalized with slight injuries, Vecernji list daily reported Thursday.

4.   After the Sudanese government ordered the expulsion of a U.S. diplomat, the State Department planned to retaliate by expelling a Sudanese diplomat from Washington.

5.   Another official, asking not to be identified, left open the possibility that the administration will retaliate by expelling a Sudanese diplomat in Washington.

6.   But Sudan has said it wants to improve relations with Egypt, and Cairo has so far not expelled Sudanese diplomats as called for by U.N. sanctions.

7.   Days earlier, a Sudanese diplomat said he was dragged from his car and beaten in Cairo.

8.   Earlier this year, Kuwait gave permission for a Sudanese diplomat to work in the Sudanese Embassy in Kuwait.

9.   Earlier this year, Kuwait gave permission for a Sudanese diplomat to work in the Sudanese Embassy here.

10.   In brazen, orchestrated attacks, gangs of men in street clothes pounce on three Sudanese diplomats outside their homes Sunday, beating them with clubs and kicking them.