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Sudan condemns UN Darfur attack
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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The United Nations has tightened security and ordered evacuation drills for its staff in Sudan as fears grow that an indictment of senior government officials over Darfur at the International Criminal Court could trigger violent reprisals. (article 1)
Luis Moreno-Ocampo will on Monday submit evidence on crimes committed in Darfur and seek the arrest of one or more senior members of the Khartoum regime, possibly including President Omar al-Bashir. (article 1)
The United Nations estimates that the conflict has left 300,000 people dead and 2.7 million displaced, and some diplomats worry that the Sudanese will retaliate against the prosecutor's move by evicting the relief agencies that the civilians depend on to survive. (article 4)
The indictment of a sitting head of state in a war-torn country would not be unprecedented: Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Charles Taylor of Liberia were both charged by international war crimes courts while in office. (article 3)
Seven international peacekeepers were killed and 22 wounded in a brazen day ambush by heavily armed men in trucks and on horseback in the Sudanese province of Darfur, United Nations officials said Wednesday. (article 2)
U.N. peacekeepers have been struggling to restore order in Darfur, where the U.N. estimates 300,000 people have died in five years of fighting. (article 6)
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Darfur, Sudan, UN, Sudanese, ICC |
Source articles
- UN tightens security for Sudan staff (ft.com, 07/12/2008, 443 words)
- Peacekeepers in Sudan Lose 7 in Ambush (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 564 words)
- The Pursuit of Justice vs. the Pursuit of Peace (nytimes.com, 07/11/2008, 842 words)
- Pursuit of Sudan’s Leader Incites Debate (nytimes.com, 07/12/2008, 422 words)
- Nicholas D. Kristof (kristof.blogs.nytimes.com, 07/09/2008, 246 words)
- ABC News: Mission Impossible? U.N. Obstacles in Darfur (ABCNews, 07/09/2008, 382 words)
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