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Sudan\u2019s military ruler General Abdel Fattah Burhan said Wednesday he was open to negotiations on the country\u2019s future a day after calling them off amid a bloody crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe in the military council open our arms to negotiate with no restriction but the national interest to continue building a legitimate power that reflects the aspirations of the Sudanese revolution in every way,\u201d General Burhan said in a speech broadcast on state television.<\/p>\n

Sixty people have been killed in a two-day crackdown on Sudanese protesters carried out by troops and paramilitaries, a doctors\u2019 committee close to the demonstrators said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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A previous toll given by the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors had counted 40 dead since the bloody dispersal of a weeks-long sit-in outside army headquarters in Khartoum on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe regret the events,\u201d the General said in his speech on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sudan\u2019s military ousted veteran President Omar al-Bashir in April after months of protests against his authoritarian rule and had agreed a three-year transition period to a civilian administration.<\/p>\n

But Mr Burhan said after the crackdown that the agreement had been ditched and an election would take place within nine months \u2014 a plan rejected by protest leaders.<\/p>\n

They called on their supporters to take part in \u201ctotal civil disobedience\u201d to topple the military council.<\/p>\n

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