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25 Mar 2002

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Reuters

Talisman questions memo on Sudan ethnic cleansing

Talisman Energy Inc. said on Monday it does not know the origin of a memo that human rights groups say shows the Canadian oil producer asked Sudan's army in 1999 to remove villages near its oil facilities in the war-torn African country...Human rights groups have filed the document as evidence in U.S. federal court in a lawsuit alleging Talisman has conspired with the Sudanese government in ethnic cleansing that killed or removed non-Muslim civilians living in proximity to Sudan's oil production regions.

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Lawsuit against Talisman Energy: Talisman says it does not know origin of memo that human rights groups say shows the company asked Sudan's army in 1999 to remove villages near its oil facilities

Talisman lawsuit (re Sudan)