Gaza City - The de-facto government of the radical Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza condemned the International Criminal Court Wednesday for ordering the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The Hague court issued a warrant against al-Bashir over atrocities committed in Sudan's western Darfur province.
Hamas' government spokesman Taher al-Noono in a written statement sent to reporters called the decision "unjust."
Washington - President Barack Obama promised to cut waste across all government agencies, announcing a review Wednesday of the administration's methods for awarding contracts.
With an economic crisis that has forced the government to run up a massive budget deficit, Obama said he could cut billions of dollars of spending in the Defence Department and other agencies by reducing cost overruns, ending needless projects and limiting the use of private contractors.
Cairo - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will participate in an Arab League summit in Qatar at the end of this month, despite an international warrant for his arrest, Sudan's representative at the Arab League told reporters Wednesday.
"Al-Bashir will continue his tasks as the president of Sudan," Ali Karti, Sudan's representative to the Arab League, told reporters at the Arab Leagues headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday.
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Wednesday for Sudan to respect the arrest warrant issued against President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Al-Bashir was charged earlier Wednesday with seven counts - five of crimes against humanity and two of war crimes - over his alleged role in masterminding a counter-insurgency against ethnic groups that oppose his government over some five years to 2008 in Darfur.
Khartoum - Thousands of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's supporters gathered in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday as the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the 65-year-old leader for his role in atrocities in the country's western Darfur region.
Supporters shouted "God is great" and "With our souls and our blood we defend you, al-Bashir." They also carried banners that read, "Shame, shame, Ocampo is an ass."
Kabul - Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission on Wednesday defended its decision to set August 20 as the date for the next presidential election, rejecting President Hamid Karzai's decree for early polls in April as simply too soon for the country to prepare for.
Karzai last week ordered the commission to move the polling up to comply with the constitution, sparking an outcry from politicians who said they were not ready for an earlier election date.
Gaza City - The de-facto government of the radical Islamist Hamas movement in Gaza condemned the International Criminal Court Wednesday for ordering the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Washington - President Barack Obama promised to cut waste across all government agencies, announcing a review Wednesday of the administration's methods for awarding contracts.
Cairo - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will participate in an Arab League summit in Qatar at the end of this month, despite an international warrant for his arrest, Sudan's representative at the Arab League told reporters Wednesday.
Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Wednesday for Sudan to respect the arrest warrant issued against President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Khartoum - Thousands of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's supporters gathered in the capital Khartoum on Wednesday as the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the 65-year-old leader for his role in atrocities in the country's western Darfur region.
Kabul - Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission on Wednesday defended its decision to set August 20 as the date for the next presidential election, rejecting President Hamid Karzai's decree for early polls in April as simply too soon for the country to prepare for.
