Diplomats: Arab League draft resolution asks Sudan to turn over officials to local court

The Arab League says that the genocide charges brought against Sudan's president by the prosecutor of the International Court are not acceptable and undermine that country's sovereignty. The 22-nation also says after a one-day emergency council meeting on Saturday that only Sudanese courts have jurisdiction on such matters. "The council decides solidarity with the Republic of Sudan in confronting schemes that undermine its sovereignty, unity and stability and their non-acceptance of the unbalanced, not objective position of the prosecutor general of the Internal Criminal Court," the body said in a joint... [read full story]