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There's another reason to go after al-Bashir: to put pressure on him. Over the past few months, Sudan has begun to play ball with the West, even as it has shouted that it isn't doing so. The government has entered new peace talks on Darfur and in June announced that it would allow nongovernmental organizations back into the region following a three-month ban. At the same time, Washington has relaxed a few of its positions on Sudan. Special envoy Scott Gration recently told Congress that there was no evidence to support the U.S. designation that Sudan...
...government-sponsored genocide. The ICC indictments, the first to be handed down against a sitting head of state, obligate the world's nations to arrest al-Bashir on sight. And yet, he points out, he has attended summits and meetings in seven African and Arab countries over the past few months. "I have not felt [any] restrictions of movement," al-Bashir told TIME in an interview that took place in the colonial-era presidential palace in Khartoum in early August. "A President has his deputies, assistants and his specialized ministers, so it's not necessary for [him] to travel...
...Osama bin Laden), accusations that Sudan practices slavery, a long-running civil war and the bloody conflict in Darfur. It helps that the country's fast-growing oil industry, closer ties to China and a peace deal to end the civil war have fueled strong economic growth over the past few years. If it weren't for the Darfur crisis, al-Bashir might now be reaping the rewards of a rapprochement with the West. (See pictures of Osama bin Laden...
...former President' - someone who is respected, appreciated and without any responsibilities." Andrew Natsios, who was a special envoy to Sudan during the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency, says al-Bashir's power inside Sudan's ruling political faction has ebbed over the past couple of years. There are things he doesn't control. "It is not possible for a President in a country like Sudan, the size of Sudan, with the immense problems of Sudan, to administer and manage everything," said al-Bashir. "I don't follow the details. No one can follow the details...
...According to Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit, nearly 10% of the world's merchant ships are stuck at harbor because of a collapse in global trade. Burnett notes that there has been an increase in insurance fraud as a result of financial pressures. "We have had cases in the past where ships have been intentionally scuttled as part of a fraudulent insurance scheme," he says. "The law says that when a ship doesn't arrive in port, it's assumed to be from a peril of the sea, and the underwriters have to pay unless they can prove the sinking...