FILE -- In this Saturday, March 21, 2009 file photo, Sudanese President Omar el Bashir greets supporters in Toti, an island between Blue and White Nile rivers, in Khartoum, Sudan. Sudan is calling on the United States to issue its president a visa as soon as possible to attend the U.N. General Assembly which opened yesterday, Monday, Sept. 17, 2013. The U.S. State Department said Washington has received Sudan's visa request, but that before presenting himself to the U.N. headquarters, El-Bashir should present himself to the International Criminal Court to answer for crimes linked to the conflict in Darfur. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf, File)
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