More than 50 Iraqis died today in violence including a car bombing that killed 25 people in the third major attack on a police station in three days.

THE UN war crimes tribunal yesterday slapped a 30 day gag order on Slobodan Milosevic who is running in Serbian elections later this month, citing rules that forbid detainees from communicating with the media.

Libya has criticised the handing over of Slobodan Milosevic to the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague, claiming the former Yugoslav president was sold for $1bn in Western aid and should not face trial abroad.