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...Traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan in late 2007 or early 2008, where he went by a number of names, including Ben Yameen al-Kanadee and Bashir al-Amriki (Bashir the American...
...Permanent Court of Arbitration's remapping of the Abyei region reduces its size by more than a third. The new borders award several major oil fields to the north Sudanese government of President Omar al-Bashir but also make it more likely that the region will become part of south Sudan when the people of Abyei vote on their future in 2011. (See pictures of Darfur descending into chaos...
...Officials from Bashir's government called the Hague-based court's decision a step in the right direction, while south Sudanese leaders said it was acceptable. "We want peace, [and] we think this decision is going to consolidate the peace," said Riek Machar, a leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which fought against the north in the 22-year civil war that killed 1.5 million people. "We came to see justice, and it's a decision we will respect...
...Libya An ICC Rebuke African Union leaders jointly declared on July 3 that member states would defy the International Criminal Court's order to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who was charged in March with committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan's Darfur region. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the A.U.'s chief, said the ICC, based in the Hague, represents a "new world terrorism" and blamed prosecutors for targeting the continent. Several African states, including Botswana, have expressed discomfort with the A.U. declaration and said they would uphold ICC orders...
...Hosni Mubarak could "go to hell." He told TIME, "Even today, I'm ready to start talks with any country in our region. We agree with President Obama's approach to a regional settlement of historical disputes. I'm ready to take a jet to Damascus to meet President Bashir al-Assad." (Read "When Bibi Met Barack: Tough Talk on Middle East Peace...