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Sudanese President Orders Disarmament of Militia in Embattled Darfur Region The Associated Press Jun 20, 2004 KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's president, under international pressure to end killings of civilians in the western Darfur region, said the armed forces will disarm the Arab militias blamed for what the United Nations has called a humanitarian crisis. President Omar said in a statement Saturday said he was ordering a "complete mobilization" of all Sudanese army and security forces to disarm all Darfur's warring parties, including the janjaweed - nomadic Arab militia that the government has been accused of supporting. Fighting between Arab...

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Security police detained Sudan's leading Islamic opposition leader Hassan Turabi early Wednesday, his wife said. Wisal el-Mahdi told The Associated Press that a large squad of police came to their Khartoum home at about 1:30 a.m. local time and arrested her husband, saying he was "was wanted by the authorities." The arrest came days after the government detained members of Turabi's Popular National Congress and some military officers in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government of President Omar el-Bashir. "We were expecting this arrest" because of the alleged coup attempt, Wisal el-Mahdi said....