Saddam refusing to enter court for trial
The delegation included former Maharashtra chief minister A R Antulay.\n\n
But David Kay, who quit as chief weapons inspector, cleared the White House of using US intelligence agencies to build a case for war by creating a false impression of Saddam's WMD.
Sadoun Nasouaf al-Janabi, the lawyer of Awad Hamed al-Bandar, was shot in the head and chest.
The US defence secretary called the deposed Iraqi president a 'vicious and brutal dictator'.
The United States was in direct contact with members of the Sunni insurgency, including former members of Saddam Hussein's regime, says Time magazine.
The United States is now trying to determine how it received erroneous intelligence that deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was developing and stockpiling nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
Te President said Syed Mir Qasim's role in the history of the state of Jammu and Kashmir will be remembered for long.
The incident occurred on the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture.
Iraqi officials had previously said Saddam's trial would open before the scheduled election.
The last minute deal enables Iran to avoid possible UN sanctions over its nuclear program, which the US insists was aimed at producing weapons, not power.
The action against the two journalists came as a privately-owned television station in the Maldives went off the air, citing threats during the country's current state of emergency.
The woman broke down while relating how she had been forced to strip in custody.
The photos that were released after Saddam's capture in December 2003 from a 'spider hole' in Baghdad were "within our guidelines under the Geneva Conventions," White House press spokesman Trent Duffy said.
Hussein and seven others are facing charges of crimes against humanity for the 1982 massacre of Shiite villagers.
Two weeks ago, Britain's Telegraph had reported that Iraqi gunmen were offered a "deal" to halt all attacks in return for a reduced sentence for Saddam, who is likely to be sentenced to death.
"I am not going to speak through the media. I will make a suo motu statement when Parliament meets (later this month)," he said.
"The report has as much validity as the report by the CIA director about the alleged existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq," he said referring to the report by Paul Volcker, former chairman of the US Federal Reserve.
the Iraqi ruler may have moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria before the March, 2003 invasion by the US-led coalition, say reports.
P V Bakthavatchalam will be part of the international panel of lawyers being constituted to defend Saddam Hussein.
The tribunal was set up in December 2003 to try members of the former regime for crimes and other violations.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the re-appointment of Andrew Hudson as convener of the national selection committee and also named two new selectors on Friday.
The spy service will be trained, financed and equipped largely by the Central Intelligence Agency with help from Jordan, US government officials told 'The Washington Post'.
'I am seeking the presidency of FIFA because I believe it is time to shift the focus away from administrative controversy and back to sport' 'The world game deserves a world-class governing body -- an International Federation that is a service organisation and a model of ethics, transparency and good governance'
Saddam would continue to inspire Sunni Arabs to not only oppose the US but also other governments that are perceived to be US puppets.
A suicide bomber who hid explosives beneath watermelons in the bed of a pickup truck hit a police headquarters in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing five people and wounding eight others, police and hospital officials said.
