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Denies Darfur Genocide</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UN Helicopter Hit by Gunfire in Darfur</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831563,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1831563,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A helicopter used by the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur was hit by gunfire Monday and forced to return to its airfield</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. votes to extend mission in Darfur</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/31/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations Security Council Thursday passed a resolution to extend its peacekeeping mission in Darfur despite U.S. complaints about the resolution.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al-Bashir Makes Defiant Darfur Visit</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Sudan's president made a defiant visit to Darfur just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region, vowing not to be intimidated by the indictment</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Karadzic a Big Win for Hague Cops</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825725,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825725,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>International justice is often derided, but Samantha Power writes that its recent successes have been hard to ignore</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Sudan Was Brought to Court</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, charged a sitting president with genocide. 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822833,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822833,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After its President is indicted for genocide, Khartoum plans an offensive to subvert the International Criminal Court</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Q &amp;amp; A: Darfur genocide charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/darfur.charges.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/darfur.charges.qa/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has filed genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in the country's Darfur region. CNN's Nic Robertson explains what is likely to happen next:</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sudanese president charged with genocide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/14/darfur.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/14/darfur.charges/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has filed genocide charges against Sudan's president for a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Choosing Justice Over Peace in Darfur
 
  
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822529,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822529,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>War-crimes charges may hold Sudan's leader accountable, but it could make ending the conflict even more difficult</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN exclusive: ICC prosecutor on Darfur charges</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/14/icc.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/14/icc.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide in a five-year campaign of violence in the country's Darfur region. 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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Thursday that new peace talks to end the four-year conflict in Darfur will start October 27 in Libya.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. chief urges all Sudanese to support end to Darfur conflict</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/04/un.darfur.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.N. 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