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SUDANESE President Omar al-Beshir danced, punched the air in delight with his walking stick and shouted 'God is Great' in his first public appearance today as a war crimes suspect. Hours after being named by the International Criminal Court prosecutor over alleged crimes and genocide in Darfur, Beshir appeared to have hardly a care in the world at an elaborate ceremony to ink Sudan's new electoral law. The message was clear: in Sudan, it was business as usual. Sitting on a high podium in the giant Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum before more than 500 supporters and Sudan's most senior...

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....