FILE - In this March 15, 1972 picture, President Gaafar Numeiri, left, welcomes Egypt's President Anwar Sadat on his arrival in Khartoum, Sudan. Sadat's wife Jehan is at right. The former Sudanese president known for imposing Islamic law in the country died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at the age of 79, the official news agency said. Numeiri is also known for signing a peace accord in 1972 to end a rebellion by southern Sudan that started in 1955. The agreement gave the mostly Christian and animist south a degree of autonomy from the mostly Muslim north. (AP Photo)