Official charged in Darfur massacre

CAIRO -- International prosecutors Tuesday charged a well-connected Sudanese government minister and a militia leader with crimes against humanity for organizing scorched-earth attacks on unprotected villages in Darfur.Ahmad Harun, former Darfur security chief, bragged in 2003 that he had "all the power and authority to kill or forgive whoever in Darfur for the sake of peace and security," prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

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