{"id":6172,"date":"2015-10-17T10:50:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T09:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2015-10-17T10:50:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T09:50:25","slug":"us-clock-boy-meets-sudanese-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/us-clock-boy-meets-sudanese-president\/","title":{"rendered":"US clock boy meets Sudanese President"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sudan\"<\/a>The 14-year-old American who made headlines after being arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school has met Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
\nAhmed Mohamed and his family were received at a presidential compound in Sudan\u2019s capital Khartoum on Wednesday, according to state-run radio.
\nThe Texan teenager was pulled out of class and handcuffed because a teacher mistook his clock for a bomb.
\nHis arrest was sharply criticised and the police declined to file charges.
\nThe boy\u2019s father, Mohamed Hassan al-Sufi, is a Sudanese immigrant to the US and a former presidential candidate who ran against Mr Bashir.
\nThe Sudan leader is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, which he denies.
\nAhmed said he was pleased to meet the president and vowed to return one day with a new invention, according to the radio broadcast.
\nHe has also been invited to the White House by US President Barack Obama, who tweeted his support after the incident.
\nNasa scientists and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg also praised the boy\u2019s initiative.
\nThe police rejected a suggestion by Ahmed\u2019s family that he was detained because he was Muslim.
\nWho Ahmed has met
\nGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin
\nTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
\nNational Geographic Society CEO Gary Knel (above)
\nQueen Rania of Jordan
\nMashable CEO Pete Cashmore
\n-BBC<\/p>\n

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