Sudan Leader Dances Despite Warrant Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir didn’t seem to let an arrest warrant recently issued against him for his alleged role in war crimes spoil his mood. Just one day after the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in the Netherlands, issued the warrant al-Bashir could be seen dancing and smiling while he addressed a cheering crowd of his supporters in the streets of Khartoum, reports CNN. In his speech to supporters, al-Bashir condemned the United States, while they chanted “Down, down, USA!” The warrant charges the leader of war crimes, crimes against humanity and accuses him of allowing the killing of Sudanese people in Darfur. But the president and his supporters deny he had anything to do with the genocide and called the ICC a “White man’s tribunal.” And, according to a United Nations spokeswoman, the government kicked up to 10 aid groups out of the nation in retribution. Since the conflict in the Darfur region began in 2003, the United Nation estimates that 300,000 people have been killed and 2.5 have been displaced.
Protests in Guadeloupe End After about a month and a half of violent demonstrations, protestors in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe have ended their strike. Worker unions on the island signed an agreement with the French government that includes provisions for a $250 monthly pay raise for low wage workers, reports the BBC. The island’s businesses finally reopened Thursday morning, after they were forced to close (along with area schools) due to the strikes, which at times left overturned cars and debris in the city streets.

Rapper’s hospitalization reportedly caused court absence.

Rapper DMX’s lawyer says the performer had an excuse for missing his latest court hearing. X reportedly checked into a Miami hospital Tuesday, preventing him from returning to Arizona for a scheduled appearance on drug charges. Meanwhile, the Arizona judge in the case issued a warrant for DMX’s arrest after he missed a court date on the charges. Details aren’t clear about the nature of X’s ailment, but the judge who issued the warrant hadn’t been told the rapper was hospitalized. His lawyer hopes DMX can return to Arizona without being taken into custody. Legal problems and arrests have plagued the artist for most of 2008. Attorney Charles Kozelka says X is “serious” about getting help for substance abuse.