Saddam Hussein returns to trial amid protest and slow progress
Saddam Hussein relented to return to court as prosecutors in the Dujail massacre case offer documents linking his regime to 1982 killings. Two former regime officials testified their ignorance and claimed coercion, while Saddam and Barzan Tikriti exchanged a tense, brief clash with Judge Abdel-Rahman. The session, calm compared with prior theatrics, ended with limited breakthroughs.
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Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Barzan Tikriti
Raouf Rasheed Abdel- Rahman
Hussein
Tikriti
Abdel-Rahman
Dujail
Ahmed Samarraie
Hassan
Obeidi
Samarraie
Iran halts talks with Russia amid nuclear enrichment reports
Iran reportedly began limited uranium enrichment at Natanz and paused negotiations with Moscow on a joint plan to enrich fuel on Russian soil. Diplomats in Vienna noted uranium gas fed into three machines, with IAEA inspectors present as Tehran framed the move as peaceful activity.
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Moscow
Tehran
Europe
Vienna
Austria
Natanz
Alaeddin Boroujerdi
National Security and Foreign Relations Committee
Boroujerdi
International Atomic Energy Agency
Australia lawmaker sparks abortion and Islam debate
Denmark Vale of the Liberal Party triggered criticism by warning Australians could abort themselves into minority status and become a Muslim state. Her remarks came as MPs weighed shifting RU-486 regulatory control from Health Minister Abbott to the Therapeutic Goods Administration. The opposition Labor Party urged retracting the comments as bizarre.
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Danna Vale
Liberal Party
House of Representatives
Tony Abbott
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Australia
Labor Party
Vale
Danish PM says protests misportray Denmark over cartoons
Denmark's prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen criticized international portrayals of Denmark as intolerant amid the Prophet Muhammad cartoons furor and urged peaceful dialogue. Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller dismissed any apology as unnecessary. Lame-duck Palestinian lawmakers granted Mahmoud Abbas new powers ahead of Hamas’s takeover, prompting Hamas to denounce the session and signaling a rift as Fatah seeks a coalition. Abbas aims to empower a constitutional court with appointed members as the Hamas-led council nears swearing-in on Saturday.
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Denmark
Anders Fagh Rasmussen
Per Stig Moeller
Associated Press
Palestinian Authority
Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas
Palestinian Legislative Council
Fatah
Abbas
Protest erupts as Haiti vote fraud claims spark violence
In Port-au-Prince angry supporters of Rene Preval clashed with authorities over delayed results from the February 7 election. Gunfire killed one man and wounded four as protesters set roadblocks and demanded a Preval victory. U.N. peacekeepers denied firing, while critics blamed rivals and Aristide associates for tampering with the tally.
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Port-au-Prince
Rene Preval
Tabarre
U.N
Amob
Montana
Preval
Jean Civil
Provisional Electoral Council
Agronomist
Leslie Manigat
Jean- Bertrand Aristide
Electoral Council
David Wimhurst
Wimbhurst
Andres Lelg
Petionville
Haiti
Iran Newspaper Opens Contest For Holocaust Cartoons
Hamshahri, Iran's newspaper, launched a cartoon contest titled What is the Limit of Western Freedom of Expression to respond to protests over Prophet Muhammad caricatures. The first entry shows a prisoner figure with a crescent, a number 7256, and a blue white striped uniform as context for the debate on free expression.
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Tehran
Hamshahri
Iran
Israel
U.N. finds U.S. acts at Guantanamo amount to torture
A draft U.N. report accuses the United States of torture at Guantanamo Bay including force feeding and prolonged solitary confinement. It urges closing the camp and revoking defense department interrogation techniques while noting denial by U.S. officials and limited access for investigators. The document, obtained via the Los Angeles Times, marks the first inquiry under the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.
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U.N
United States
Guantanamo Bay
U.S
Guantanamo
Special Inter
Defense Department
U.N. Commission On Human Rights
Los Angeles Times
State Department
Sean McCormack
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