Last updated: 31 may, 2009 - 05:00 GMT

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The former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri, who died yesterday aged 79, will be given a state funeral later today in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital, Khartoum.

The funeral is expected to be attended by President Omar el-Bashir .

Mr Nimeiri is remembered for introducing Islamic law in Sudan and later becoming a close ally of the U.S.

He was ousted in a coup in 1985.

Kassim Kayira reports.

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