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Appeal on Bashir genocide charges

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have appealed against the judges' decision not to indict Sudan's president for genocide.

The judges in March said there was insufficient evidence to support the three charges of genocide in Darfur.

However they issued an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The ICC chief prosecutor is in Ethiopia for talks with the African Union, which says Mr Bashir should not be charged.

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