KHARTOUM, July 18 (Reuters) - A major Darfur rebel group released 60 captured government soldiers and police on Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said. The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) tranferred the captives to Red Cross officials who handed them over to Sudanese authorities in Darfur, the humanitarian group said. "JEM has released 55 Sudan Armed Forces soldiers and five policemen," Red Cross spokesman Saleh Dabbakeh told Reuters. (Reporting by Andrew Heavens; editing by Andrew Dobbie)
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir waves to supporters at an event organized by the Sudanese embassy in Cairo July 17, 2009. Bashir was indicted in March by the International Criminal Court ...
