ICC blasts Security Council over genocide suspects December 13, 2012 -- Updated 1903 GMT (0303 HKT) International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda gives a press conference on November 12, 2012 in Dakar. Fatou Bensouda says investigators had uncovered an "ongoing pattern of crimes" The ICC has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir Some 300,000 people have died in Darfur, the United Nations estimates (CNN) -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that the U.N. Security Council is not doing enough to root out Sudanese war criminals suspected of genocide. Fatou Bensouda said her team of investigators had uncovered an "ongoing pattern of crimes committed pursuant to the government-avowed goal of stopping the rebellion in Darfur," noting specific attacks on peacekeepers and civilians in the region. She then blasted the council, asking "how many more civilians must be killed, injured and displaced for this council to be spurred into doing its part?" The International Criminal Court has been seeking the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide during a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur, a province in western Sudan that is about the size of Spain. Some 300,000 people have died in Darfur, the United Nations estimates, and 2.5 million have been forced from their homes. A June 2011 Human Rights Watch report said that about 70,000 people had become displaced by aerial from Darfur bombardments since the preceding December. December 13, 2012 -- Updated 1452 GMT (2252 HKT) The U.N. reports that half a million people have registered as refugees from the Syrian civil war -- but a recently returned Red Cross worker says the true figure is far higher because those fleeing are too scared to register. December 13, 2012 -- Updated 1802 GMT (0202 HKT) December 13, 2012 -- Updated 1752 GMT (0152 HKT) December 13, 2012 -- Updated 1829 GMT (0229 HKT)