Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Sudan's Leader

Judges at the International Criminal Court ordered the arrest Wednesday of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan for atrocities committed in Darfur, but Sudanese officials swiftly retaliated, ordering Western aid groups that provide for millions of people to shut down their operations and leave. Demonstrations in support of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir began in Khartoum, Sudan, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest.
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