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  • Executions generate Sunni fury

    Relatives and supporters pay their respects at the Iraqi flag-draped coffins containing the remains of Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and former judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar during their funerals in Awja, near Tikrit, yesterday. IRAQ: The execution of two of Saddam Hussein's henchmen and co-defendants tried for mass murder yesterday generated Sunni fury and international criticism when one of the condemned men was accidentally decapitated on the gallows. p

  • Rice plans summit with Abbas and Olmert

    MIDDLE EAST: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she would bring Israeli and Palestinian leaders together soon for what she called informal talks on how to set up a Palestinian state. p
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  • REACTION: Second wave of revulsion

    IRAQ: The hanging of two of Saddam Hussein's aides has brought a second wave of condemnation from countries opposed to the death penalty, with the accidental decapitation of one of them adding to the sense of revulsion. p

  • Leaders at Asean summit pledge to cut emissions

    PHILLIPINES: Leaders from 16 Asian nations, representing half the world's population, pledged yesterday to develop alternative energy supplies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. p

  • Bomb suspects were under surveillance

    BRITAIN: British police put five members of an Islamist terror cell under surveillance more than a year before they tried to carry out "murderous suicide bombings" on the London transport network, a court heard yesterday. p

  • Report finds 66% of Irish people want EU to act in divorce cases

    EU: Two-thirds of Irish people would like the EU to take action on family law and divorce to provide legal certainty in cases that cross national borders within Europe. p

  • Brown accused of doing nothing to celebrate union

    BRITAIN: Scottish Conservatives have hit back at British chancellor Gordon Brown in the growing debate about Britishness, accusing him and the Labour government of doing almost nothing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union. p

  • The frozen embryo that survived Hurricane Katrina

    US: The new baby entering the world today in New Orleans will most definitely not be called Katrina. That much is guaranteed, and when he or she is old enough to ask how he or she got here, the parents will have quite a story to tell. p

  • Jailed ANC politician's sentence for fraud cut short

    SOUTH AFRICA: Former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip and convicted fraudster Tony Yengeni walked free from prison yesterday after serving little over four months of a four-year sentence for corruption. p

  • EU celebrates Slovenia's transition to euro zone

    SLOVENIA: European leaders gathered in Slovenia yesterday to congratulate it on becoming the first former communist state to adopt the euro, 15 years after its independence from Yugoslavia was recognised by the EU. p

  • Barroso has his work cut out over energy targets

    European Diary: On the surface the fleet of shiny new cars sitting in the car park at the headquarters of Clean Energy Partnerships in Berlin looked like your average motor. But a quick glance under the bonnet unveiled the latest hydrogen fuel cell technology that could spell the end for petrol and the CO2 emissions that it produces. p

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