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Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan and the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, has decided against traveling to Istanbul for a summit of Muslim nations. The planned visit to Turkey by the Sudanese President had caused dismay in the EU, a body which the nation hosting the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the Missoulian says the OIC has 57 member nations, is eager to join. On the other hand, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has reached Turkey on his first foreign trip since he took the office second time. He called on President Abdullah Gul there.
