"Our profit margins aren't probably where we would like them to be maybe in a few years down the line, " Mr Mitchinson said.

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The rest of the world did not like them, and nor, probably, did most Sudanese, but the regime remained entrenched.

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There are probably about 440 or so companies worldwide, many of them like these, blue chips...

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Looking through them, it seemed like the average diner would probably order three or four of those items to make up a meal, and still end up with a pretty hefty calorie count.

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If there is one man who might be able to act as a bridge between the militants and those like Hassan Taib, who say they are negotiating for them, it is probably Sapae-ing Basor, says Don Pathan, who has been reporting the southern conflict for more than a decade.

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