Sudan Leader Charged with Three Counts of Genocide ; International Court Issues Second Warrant

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The International Criminal Court on Monday issued a second arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir, this time charging him with three counts of genocide in Sudan's western province of Darfur.

Lt. Gen. Bashir is accused of "genocide by killing, genocide by causing serious bodily or mental harm and genocide by deliberately inflicting on each target group conditions of life calculated to bring about the group's physical destruction," according to a statement from the court, located in The Hague.

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Sudan Leader Charged with Three Counts of Genocide ; International Court Issues Second Warrant

The court said there are "reasonable grounds to believe" that Gen. Bashir was responsible for the three counts of genocide committed against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups.

Gen. Bashir denies the cha...

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