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Tue 07 Jul 2008China 'misgivings' over Sudan genocide charge
China expressed "grave concern" today after the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor charged Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur.
Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo yesterday asked the ICC for an arrest warrant for Bashir, accusing him of running a campaign of genocide that has killed 35,000 people and forced 2.5 million to flee their homes in Sudan's western region.
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