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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, hanged for crimes against humanity on Saturday, has been buried in the village where he was born 69 years ago.
“Saddam Hussein has been buried today at 0400 (0100 GMT) in a place that was constructed during his regime in the centre of Awja,” said relative Musa Faraj, quoted by AFP [...]

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Saddam Hussein, among the world’s most brutal dictators, struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm. Dressed in a black coat and trousers, he clutched a Qur’an as he was led to the gallows, and in one final moment of defiance, refused [...]

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A gene variant that’s associated with long life also seems to contribute to enhanced mental function to the century mark and beyond, a new study found.”In the last few years, we have identified several longevity genes that allow people to get to the age of 100,” said study lead author Dr. Nir Barzilai, director of [...]

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Saddam Hussein’s half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.
The White House was preparing for Saddam’s execution as early as this weekend, based on information that US [...]

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It is the first time the US has made a direct link between global warming and the threat to a species.
President George Bush has steadfastly refused to back mandatory controls of emissions of carbon dioxide - believed the main gas behind global warming.
There are 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears across the globe, [...]

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The body of the late soul star James Brown is to be taken through New York’s Harlem in a horse-drawn carriage before lying in state at the Apollo Theater.
A close friend of Brown, civil rights leader Al Sharpton, described the occasion as “a royal day in Harlem”.
His casket will then travel to his hometown [...]

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A European spacecraft took off today to spearhead the search for another “Earth” among the stars.The Corot space telescope blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan shortly after 2.20pm.
Corot, short for convection rotation and planetary transits, is the first instrument capable of finding small rocky planets beyond the solar [...]

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