Sudan: Rebel leaders in court

Two Sudan rebel leaders appeared before the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges on Thursday over a 2007 attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers in war-torn Darfur. Describing themselves as revolutionaries, Mr Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain and Mr Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus said they welcomed the chance to clear their names and urged other war crimes suspects to also hand themselves over.