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Explosives for 'civilian use'

Athens: A cargo ship seized by Greek authorities saying it contained 680 tonnes of explosives was bringing ammonium nitrate to a Sudanese company, said the Sudanese Foreign Minister on Tuesday. The Foreign Minister, Mostafa Osman Ismail, insisted the company did indeed exist, and said the ammonium nitrate had been ordered by it, and was intended for civilian use. He said he would raise the issue with the Greek Ambassador in Khartoum. Greece's Merchant Marine Minister, George Anomeritis, on Monday said authorities had been following the vessel since it picked up what he described as more than 450 pallets of TNT and 8,000 detonators and fuses in Tunisia on May 12. Mr. Anomeritis alleged that the destination — a company with a post office box in Khartoum — did not exist. Further, the ship's location suggested it was not heading towards Sudan. It had apparently been sailing around the Mediterranean for six weeks.

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