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A Sudanese government official said on Tuesday that security forces attempted to rape a young woman during aprotest against military rule in central Khartoum a day earlier, prompting calls for renewed demonstrations. Sulaima Ishaq, who heads Sudan’s Violence Against Women Unit at the Ministry of Social Development, said the woman, who was not a protester, was on a public transport bus when forces stationed near the march route fired tear gas, causing passengers to disembark. The woman was then assaulted by several members of the security forces, Ishaq told Reuters, without giving further detai…