According to UN sources the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is likely to seek the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in a new war crimes case he will open on Darfur on Monday.
It is thought President al-Bashir will be accused of orchestrating violence in which hundreds of thousands of people have died. Sudan's government has reacted angrily and swiftly saying that any such move could undermine the peace process in Darfur. The Darfur investigation also could embarrass China, Sudan's close ally, just weeks before the start of the Beijing Olympics.
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