Beshir travels to Doha defying warrant

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DOHA, Mar 30 (AFP): Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir defied an international arrest warrant by travelling to Doha Sunday for an Arab summit, where the decision of Egypt's leader to stay away dimmed unity hopes.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon, who has also flown in to the Qatari capital, will still attend the summit which opens Monday despite the presence of Beshir, a UN official said.
"Sudan is a member of the United Nations while the International Criminal Court is an independent judicial body, which does not prevent the United Nations from dealing with Sudan," the official told the reporter requesting anonymity.
Speculation had been rife in Doha that Beshir could stay away from the summit to avoid embarrassing Qatar, although the Gulf state is not bound by the rules of the ICC which indicted the president.