U.N. Security Council Renews Mandate for Peacekeepers in Darfur

(1 August 08 - RV) The U.N. Security Council renewed the mandate for peacekeepers in Darfur on Thursday in a resolution that Washington criticized for raising concerns about moves to indict Sudan's president for genocide. Western powers agreed to wording making clear the council is ready to discuss suspending any future International Criminal Court indictment of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide in the interest of peace in Darfur. While yesterday Sudanese courts condemned 32 Darfuri rebels to death by hanging. Kelsea Brennan-Wessels reports: