Iraq’s president said Saddam Hussein had confessed to killings and other “crimes” committed during his regime, including the massacre of thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, and should be executed many times over.

LAWYERS for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein complained yesterday that plans to start his trial next month gave him too little time to prepare his defence.

Plans to hold former Iraq president Saddam Hussein’s trial next month gives too little time to his defence team to prepare his case, a family lawyer complained today.

Keys Of Cyprus has a long way to go to mirror the achievements of his half-brother Continent but he nevertheless made an impressive start to his racing career in the Ouse Maiden Stakes at Catterick today.

Iraq’s ambassador to China today accused the Allies of committing a “genocide crime” against the Iraqi people and said popular resistance would start soon.