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Minn. Investment Board To Divest From Sudan

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Jun 6, 2007 12:36 pm US/Central

Minn. Investment Board To Divest From Sudan

St. Paul (AP) ― The Minnesota State Board of Investment is taking steps to pull state money out of companies that do business in Sudan.

Governor Pawlenty and other board members voted this morning to evaluate a list of companies with operations in the African country.

They're looking for evidence that the companies are supporting the bloody conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced in the past four years.

The board is following a new law Pawlenty signed last month.

The governor says Minnesota could start divesting its money within six months.

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