Sudanese protesters to escalate rallies, no longer recognize military council

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese protest leaders on Sunday vowed to escalate demonstrations to confront the country's military rulers, as part of a widening campaign to push for the transfer of power to civilians. Addressing a rally outside the Defence Ministry in central Khartoum, a protest leader said that demonstrators no longer recognized the Transitional Military Council that assumed power after the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir last week. (Reporting by Khalid Abdelaziz in Khartoum and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo, writing by Sami Aboudi, Editing by William Maclean)