Sudan leader defies calls to step down
AMMAN, Jordan - Sudan's embattled president, Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, remained defiant Tuesday in the face of nationwide protests demanding his ouster and U.S. concern over "credible reports" that his security forces had killed more than three dozen demonstrators.
In a televised address, he accused "traitors, agents, mercenaries and infiltrators" of exploiting the country's "economic difficulties to do sabotage in the service of Sudan's enemies."
"We know we have economic problems ... but this is something we are capable of handling," Bashir, who has ruled Sudan
