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World Briefs: Under indictment, Bashir meets Morsi

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Qurtoba conference hall is damaged in June demonstrations by Sudanese university students and citizens in Khartoum, the capital. The government of President Omar Bashir conducted a campaign of fear in retaliation to what it called acts of sabotage and attempts to destabilize Sudan. The regime’s tactic has been to quickly quash any protest movements. Protesters and their families reportedly have been rounded up in the middle of the night, kept isolated and beaten in jail. (Associated Press)

Sudan president jailing critics of his regime

By Sarah el Deeb - Associated Press

Andrew Natsios, the president’s special envoy for Sudan, gestures during a press briefing on Darfur and the U.S.-imposed sanctions, on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at the State Department in Washington. (Associated Press)

Romney advisers are zealous on Sudan, but is he?

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

GRAHAM: Bombing Sudan’s air bases only way to protect innocents

By Franklin Graham

A policeman walks past the smouldering remains of a market in Rubkona, near Bentiu in South Sudan, on April 23, 2012. A boy was killed and at least two people were wounded when Sudanese aircraft bombed the area, an official and witness said, increasing the threat of a full-scale war breaking out between the two nations. (Associated Press)

U.S. slams Sudanese incursion into south

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Sudan border clashes derail leaders’ plans for summit

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Clooney, congressmen to protest at Sudan embassy

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

George Clooney answers questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on horrors he saw while visiting Sudan. With him are human rights activist John Prendergast (center) and Jonathan Temin of the United States Institute of Peace. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Clooney tells of ‘murder and fear and … starvation’ seen in Sudan

By Ashish Kumar Sen THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Actor George Clooney responds March 14, 2012, to questions at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Sudan and South Sudan. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Clooney accuses Sudan of war crimes

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 and released by the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Kaltoum Yakoub Issa, 19, carries a water jerry can to make bricks for her new house in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in North Darfur, Sudan. (AP Photo/UNAMID, Albert Gonzalez Farran)

South Sudan oil export ban brings self-inflicted pain

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Khalil Ibrahim, who led the Darfur-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), is seen during an interview in Abeche, Chad, in February 2007. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou, File)

Sudan army kills leader of main Darfur rebel group

By Mohamed Osman - Associated Press

Accusing newly independent South Sudan of arming anti-Khartoum rebels, Sudanese President Omar Bashir (left) warned: “We are ready to teach you another lesson.” South Sudan President Salva Kiir (right) responded, saying Gen. Bashir's accusation are only to justify “his pending invasion.” (Associated Press)

Talk of war on Sudan border

By Jason Straziuso - Associated Press

** FILE ** The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Bashir on charges of war crimes and genocide in Darfur. He has denied the charges. (Associated Press)

Pressures bear down on Sudanese strongman

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Briefly

By Wire dispatches and staff reports

A woman prays as she holds a South Sudan flag and cross at the base of a statue of Dr. John Garang de Mabior, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, before the independence ceremony of South Sudan in Juba, South Sudan, on Saturday, July 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Burton)

South Sudan marks its independence

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Residents of Jonglei state gather Thursday for a rehearsal of independence celebrations in Juba, southern Sudan. The new country is set to officially declare its separation from the north on Saturday. Sudanese President Omar Bashir, indicted for alleged war crimes, is expected to attend. (Associated Press)

Bashir at South Sudan’s independence day a problem

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Challenges temper joy on eve of founding of South Sudan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Briefly: Africa

By From wire dispatches and staff reports

Southern Sudanese celebrate the official announcement of secession-vote results in Juba on Monday. Almost 99 percent of southerners voted to secede, to take effect in July 2011. (Associated Press)

Sudan under pressure after south secedes

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Southern Sudanese line up to vote at dawn in the southern capital of Juba on Sunday. The voting marks the first opportunity for southerners to cast ballots in an independence referendum, the outcome of which will determine if the south secedes from the north to form an independent country. (Associated Press)

U.S. plans to reward Sudan if vote goes well

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times