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An Egyptian man watched a porn film for the first time and collapsed in shock after realising the woman in the movie was his own wife.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has warned Newcastle they could lose star striker Demba Ba for a pittance if they do not tie him to a new deal.

NEWCASTLE boss Alan Pardew hailed the men asked to plug the gap left by Andy Carroll after seeing Demba Ba plunder a hat-trick against Blackburn on Saturday.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew hailed the men asked to plug the gap left by Andy Carroll after seeing Demba Ba plunder a hat-trick against Blackburn.

Families in pickup trucks stacked with mattresses and jugs of water fled Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte ahead of an expected new push by revolutionary forces to seize the city, as the anti-Gaddafi forces claimed progress in the battle for a city in the remote southern desert.

The official Saudi news agency said a wanted militant blew himself up in an apparent assassination attempt against one of the senior princes involved in the kingdom’s aggressive anti-terror campaign.

JOSE MOURINHO’S ability to create controversy shows no signs of diminishing.

Saddam Hussein’s former deputy was hanged before dawn today for his part in the killings of 148 Shiites, despite appeals from international human rights groups.

The Iraqi government asked US authorities this evening for custody of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy to hang him at dawn tomorrow, officials in the prime minister’s office said.

An Iraqi court has upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein’s former deputy for his role in the killing of 148 Shiites in 1982.

An Iraqi court today raised the sentence against Saddam Hussein’s vice president to death by hanging for the killings of Shiites in the town of Dujail.

An Iraqi judge postponed a session in which Saddam Hussein’s former deputy Taha Yassin Ramadan had been expected to be sentenced to death today after lawyers for the plaintiffs failed to show up.

Saddam top aide wishes he had been executed with the deposed leader, an Iraqi lawyer said today.

IRAQ’S highest appeals court yesterday upheld the death sentence on Saddam Hussein.

Iraq’s highest appeals court upheld the death sentence for Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s national security adviser said today.

Court-appointed lawyers today submitted final summations for the last two defendants in Saddam Hussein’s trial in Baghdad.

Prosecutors in the Baghdad trial of Saddam Hussein today played an audiotape said to be a phone call between the former Iraqi leader and one of his co-defendants discussing the destruction of farmlands during a crackdown against Shiites in the 1980s.

A former judge from Saddam Hussein’s regime acknowledged sentencing 148 Shiites to death in the 1980s, but insisted they were given a proper trial and had confessed to trying to assassinate the former Iraqi leader.

One of the five judges in the Saddam Hussein trial has stepped down after learning that one of the defendants may have been involved in the execution of his brother, a court official said today.

Saddam Hussein today declared himself not guilty of alleged crimes against fellow Iraqis, turning immediately argumentative and challenging the legitimacy of the court as he appeared before a five-judge tribunal in the former headquarters of his Baath Party two years after his capture.

An Islamic website statement claimed today that Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida in Iraq chief, has fled to an unidentified “neighbouring country” with two Arab doctors treating him for gunshot wounds to his lung.

A US Senate committee probing corruption in the UN oil-for-food programme released new evidence purporting to show that two leading politicians from Britain and France received millions of barrels of Iraqi oil in exchange for their support of Saddam Hussein’s regime.

The video of the beheading of a Turkish hostage in Iraq appeared on an Islamic website today.

SADDAM HUSSEIN'S notorious henchman Ali Hassan al-Majid dubbed "Chemical Ali" has been captured in Iraq.

Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan, number 20 on the US Most Wanted list, has been captured, the US Defence Department said today.

At least 15 people are now believed dead in the Jerusalem bus blast, with a further seven thought dead in the Israeli strike in Gaza City.

A GENERAL from Saddam Hussein’s army has been captured in southern Iraq and is being pressed to provide strategic information, British officers said yesterday.

SADDAM HUSSEIN handsomely rewarded the army officer who targeted US forces in a suicide bombing, honouring him with a posthumous promotion, two new medals and a huge financial windfall for his family.

Iraq’s vice president today threatened more suicide bombings against coalition troops, saying the suicide bomber who killed four US soldiers outside the Iraqi city of Najaf was a non-commissioned army officer.

HUNDREDS of Iraqi police and security agents searched for a possibly downed coalition pilot yesterday, shooting into the reeds alongside Baghdad’s Tigris River.

Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan claimed today that American prisoners of war were being held and it would show them on television soon.

Iraq has accused the United Nations Secretary General of helping the US-led attack on Iraq by withdrawing peacekeepers and weapons inspectors from their country.

Iraq believes the United States could launch an attack at any moment, despite moves by Baghdad officials to expand their cooperation with the UN weapons inspectors.

Saddam Hussein apparently moved to cool the war of words between Baghdad and Washington today, saying the Iraqi people should welcome the UN arms inspectors.

Iraq’s vice president has accused United Nations weapons inspectors of spying for the US and Israel, after a surprise inspection of one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces.

Five Palestinians were killed today when Israeli soldiers swept through the West Bank town of Tulkarem.

United Nations inspectors were getting down to work today after their four-year absence, meeting Iraqi officials and making plans to once again start searching for hidden chemical, nuclear and biological weapons.

IRAQ yesterday challenged US President George Bush to a duel with the winner taking the spoils.

Iraq has challenged US President George W Bush to a duel to save the people of both countries.

UN weapons inspectors insisted on the right to roam freely around Saddam Hussein’s palaces and other suspect sites as they opened talks yesterday with the Iraqis on logistics for a possible return to Baghdad.

UN weapons inspectors insisted on the right to roam freely around Saddam Hussein’s palaces and other suspect sites as they opened talks today with the Iraqis on logistics for a possible return to Baghdad.

IRAQ’S vice president yesterday called on all Arabs to confront the United States and its people

IRAQI Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan called on Arab governments yesterday to stand with Baghdad against any US plans to attack Iraq.