Bashir Defies War Crime Arrest Order (Published 2009)

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan on Thursday offered a fiery and defiant response to the International Criminal Court a day after it ordered his arrest for atrocities committed in Darfur, telling a crowd of thousands in Khartoum that "we are not succumbing, we are not bending" to outside pressure.Credit...Philip Dhil/European Pressphoto Agency UNITED NATIONS � A defiant President Omar Hass

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The Justice and Equality Movement, a major rebel group in Darfur that signed a preliminary accord with Khartoum last month, announced Wednesday that it would now reject negotiating with Mr. Bashir’s government.