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| December 31, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 09, 1427 |
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Execution divides world opinion
PARIS, Dec 30: World political and religious leaders were divided on Saturday over whether Saddam Hussein''s execution served as a milestone toward peace or motivation for further conflict in the Middle East.... 
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Baath party urges Iraqis to avenge hanging
LONDON, Dec 30: Saddam Hussein’s Baath Party urged Iraqis to “strike without mercy” at US occupiers and Iran to avenge the execution of Iraq’s former president but warned them not to be drawn into a civil war....
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Riyadh criticises timing
RIYADH, Dec 30: Saudi Arabia on Saturday criticised Iraq’s Shia leaders for executing former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during the Eidul Azha religious feast, saying his trial had been politicised....
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Palestinian Eid marred by mourning for Saddam
GAZA CITY, Dec 30: Palestinians in the coastal Gaza Strip on Saturday began sombre celebrations for Eidul Azha as they mourned the death of their ally Saddam Hussein....
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Saddam ‘remained fearless, honest’
AMMAN, Dec 30: Saddam Hussein “remained fearless, honest, and clear-minded” in his final moments, his legal defence team said on Saturday in a statement....
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Forces in Iraq vigilant: Pentagon
WASHINGTON, Dec 30: The Defence Department said on Friday that US forces in Iraq are ready for any escalation of violence there even as condemned former President Saddam Hussein waged an 11th-hour appeal in American courts to spare his life....
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Maliki to reap benefits from execution
BAGHDAD: After mounting political pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the face of unrelenting bloodshed, the execution of Saddam Hussein is seen by many as a much-needed boost to his government....
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Hanging stirs death penalty controversy
ROME: For anti-death penalty campaigners, Saddam Hussein''s execution by masked hangmen showed the cruelty of capital punishment. For others, it was a fitting end for a man who himself never flinched from sending opponents to die.“Capital...
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Joy and sadness prevail in Middle East
DUBAI: The execution of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein drew mixed reactions across the Middle East, with some saying he got what he deserved and others hailing him as a martyr....
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Thousands pay final respects to Ford
PALM DESERT, Dec 30: Waiting in line up to three hours, thousands paid their final respects to former President Gerald R. Ford, filing through the church where the man many credit...
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Blast shakes Madrid airport
MADRID, Dec 30: An explosion rocked a parking lot at Madrid’s airport on Saturday morning, injuring at least one person, officials said....
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Bush seeks shelter in armoured vehicle
CRAWFORD, Dec 30: President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armoured vehicle on their ranch when a tornado warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said....
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Putin signs bill to ban casinos
MOSCOW, Dec 30: President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Saturday that will close casinos and slot-machine halls across most of the country in a few years, forcing the establishments that...
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Earthquake in Gulf of Aden
ADEN, Dec 30: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 struck the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia on Saturday, but initial reports from Yemen said it appeared to have caused little damage....
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Lula wonders: justice or revenge
BRASILIA, Dec 30: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday voiced mixed feelings over the execution of Iraqi former president Saddam Hussein, saying: “I don’t know if it was justice or revenge.”...
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Kenyan aid plane crashes
NAIROBI, Dec 30: A Kenyan plane carrying aid and fuel to neighbouring Somalia crashed and burst into flames on Saturday, but officials said all three crew survived....
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Violence, ambition fed Saddam’s rise and fall
BAGHDAD: Saddam Hussein went to his death betraying no hint of regret that the overarching ambition and belligerence that drove his rise to power from impoverished beginnings had also brought about his downfall and execution....
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Invasion of Baghdad: Bush & Julius Caesar compared
LOS ANGELES: What would Julius Caesar do in Iraq? “He’d win” is the simplest answer. How he would do it is harder to say — after all, just how would a...
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Gift sparks debate on propriety
SAN FRANCISCO: Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the ‘blogosphere’ abuzz on Friday with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts....
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Lack of Afghan war crime trials shows ‘double standard’
KABUL: An Afghan official said on Saturday that Saddam Hussein’s trial and execution show a double standard in the international community, as no one in Afghanistan has been prosecuted for atrocities from the country’s 25 years of war....
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