Idi Amin fights for life in Saudi hospital

Exiled tyrant Idi Amin, whose eight-year presidency of Uganda is remembered for the torture and killing of more than 200,000 people, was in a coma in a Saudi hospital today.

Amin, believed to be 80, was in a critical condition and on a respirator at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, staff members said. He was admitted to the hospital on Friday.