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  • Gaza offensive to go on - Olmert

    MIDDLE EAST: The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, yesterday vowed to push on with a five-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip in which 47 Palestinians have been killed and around 250 injured, saying he wanted to "significantly decrease" rocket fire from Palestinian militants. p

  • Hanging sentence prompts joy and protests

    The Verdict: Saddam Hussein, who ruled Iraq for 24 brutal years before being ousted by the US-led invasion in 2003, was sentenced to death by hanging in a Baghdad court yesterday for crimes against humanity. p
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  • Ortega poised to regain powerin Nicaragua

    NICARAGUA: As Daniel Ortega was making his fourth attempt to win back Nicaragua's presidency in elections yesterday, its citizens are grappling with the very real possibility that the former Marxist revolutionary could finally succeed. p

  • AUTHOR'S PROTEST: Israel 'wasting the lives of her sons'

    MIDDLE EAST: David Grossman, one of Israel's most admired authors and a leading figure on the Israeli left, appeared in public for the first time since the death of his son in the Lebanon war to deliver an impassioned speech criticising the government for "hollow" leadership and for failing to negotiate with the Palestinians. p

  • Call for road map on climate change as UN talks get under way

    KENYA: A climate conference in Nairobi opens today amid urgent calls for action, writes Frank McDonald , Environment Editor. p

  • In this land of 'tea money', the public gets a bad press

    Letter from Beijing: During the summer, I went out to one of Beijing's working-class suburbs to look at a curious event. The district is preparing to meet the challenge of hosting an event in the 2008 Olympic games. The area will stage the softball competition - not a sport that many locals know anything about. p

  • O'Malley marches to a green tune

    US: Baltimore's mayor quoted Kavanagh as he chased after gubernatorial votes, writes Denis Staunton , in Columbia, Maryland. p

  • US evangelist admits 'sexual immorality'

    US: Evangelist pastor Ted Haggard has stepped down from the leadership of his 14,000-member mega-church and admitted "sexual immorality" after claims that he used crystal methamphetamine during regular sex sessions with a gay escort. p

  • Entrenched power always falters

    Opinion:  According to the pollsters, pundits and politicians - Democrat and nervous Republican - a great anti-Republican wave is a-coming. Well, let's assume major Democratic gains: between 20 to 25 House seats, and four to six Senate seats. p

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    A round-up of today's other stories in brief p
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  • Curtain comes down on a piece of theatre

    Analysis: The biggest surprise of all would be if the execution of Saddam Hussein actually lessened the butchery into which Iraq has descended, writes Lara Marlowe. p

  • Straightforward case that sank into chaos

    The Trial: It was meant to be straightforward: a Nuremberg-style trial to show the world that dictators could be made to face justice in the land they once terrorised. Almost two years after being hauled from a hole in the ground, Saddam Hussein would finally enter the dock to answer for his crimes before a fully functioning Iraqi court. p

  • Sentence is a milestone for democratic Iraq, says Bush

    US Reaction: President George Bush has welcomed Saddam Hussein's guilty verdict and sentence to death as a milestone on Iraq's path from tyranny to the rule of law. Speaking in Waco, Texas, Mr Bush praised the trial as a major achievement for Iraq's government and democratic system. p

  • Death sentences widen sectarian divide

    Iraqi Reaction: The death sentences passed yesterday on ousted president Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants instantly deepened the sectarian divide in Iraq. Shias and Kurds poured into the streets of the country's cities, towns and villages to celebrate. Sunnis and secularists either glowered in their homes or defied the curfew to stage protest demonstrations and battle police. p

  • EU restates opposition to execution

    European Reaction: The EU yesterday urged Iraq not to execute Saddam Hussein, citing its long-standing opposition to capital punishment. p
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