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Bashir will not be extradited

Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir will not be extradited to face the International Criminal Court.

"It would be a dark spot on our history if we extradite him," the newly-formed military council's political committee head Omar Zeinalabdin said.

Bashir is accused of war crimes for his government's attacks on civilians in Darfur, where up to 400,000 are estimated to have been killed. The ICC issued a warrant for his arrest in 2009. 

Zeinalabdin said Bashir may be put on trial in Sudan. 

Members of the military council, including its head Awad Ahmad ibn Auf, are also accused of war crimes in Darfur.