Saddam to Be Hanged 'Without Delay,' Iraqi PM Says
Saddam Hussein's execution will be carried out without delay, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying Friday, amid a flurry of speculation about the timing of the hanging. Read
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Saddam Hussein's execution will be carried out without delay, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying Friday, amid a flurry of speculation about the timing of the hanging. Read
Islamic radicals wanting to bring international pressure to bear on the fighting in Somalia -- where Ethiopian forces are trouncing Islamists -- may target Western facilities in East Africa for suicide bombings, a U.S.-based Somali campaigner warned Wednesday. Read
In the first small step of a plan that aims eventually to bring thousands of international peacekeepers into Sudan's Darfur region, the United Nations will in the next few days deploy two dozen police officers and 43 military officers into the war zone. Read
As Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's weak interim government reported significant gains against Islamist forces with suspected links to al-Qaeda, a bloc of Islamic nations demanded that Ethiopia withdraw its forces from Somalia immediate. Read
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must be taken seriously in his statements calling for Israel's destruction and his attempts to acquire the capability to do so, Washington's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations has urged. Read
Democratic senators and a moderate Republican are lining up to visit Damascus at a time conservatives are urging President Bush to reject a high-level panel's recommendation that the U.S. engage both Syria and fellow State Department-designated terror-sponsor Iran in efforts to bring stability to Iraq. Read
A vote to normalize trade relations with Vietnam -- one of the final acts of the outgoing Congress -- has been hailed by Hanoi's communist government and U.S. business leaders, but Vietnamese pro-democracy activists are dismayed. Read
Drawing a cold response from conservatives, outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday took a swipe at U.S. military actions abroad and rebuked the Bush administration for abuses during the post-9/11 campaign against Islamist terrorists. Read