Reply #1: Mentioned in the Washington Post.

[wisteria]

U.S. senator Kerry arrives in Sudan for three day visit

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - U.S. senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry arrived in Sudan Wednesday for a three-day visit as the diplomatic detente between Washington and Khartoum shows further signs of a thaw. Kerry, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to Sudan's Darfur region and hold talks with senior members of the Sudanese government.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041500469_2.html



"diplomatic detente"- interesting.