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Saddam Hussein’s daughter in search of publisher

The eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein is currently looking for a publishing house to release her fat...

Iraq`s Saddam-era culture minister released

Hamed Yussef Hamadi, who was a culture minister under Saddam Hussein, has been released after over...

Video appears to show top Saddam deputy: Iraq

The man in the video was introduced as al-Douri and bore a striking physical resemblance to the form...

‘Comparison of K’taka DGP with Saddam unfortunate’

The High Court had on Friday struck down appointment of Bidari as state DGP and IG, describing him a...

Iraqis demand better services on war anniversary

Tens of thousands of loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in south Iraq on Monday decrying po...

US warns Iran against making `gross misjudgement`

US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey has warned Iranian leaders of suffer the con...

Saddam-era finance minister dies

Azzawi was the fifth person on the US list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis to be arrested.

Iraq bans visits to Saddam Hussein`s grave

Hussein was executed in 2006 after an Iraqi court sentenced him to death for crimes against humanity...

‘Iraq risks slipping into authoritarianism’

Maliki triggered a political crisis in December when his govt ordered the arrest of a Sunni vice pre...

Saddam musician jailed for Australian burglaries

Esam Moshi has pleaded guilty to aggravated burglary and recklessly causing injury.

‘Iraq’s Maliki acting like Saddam’

Iyad Allawi, the Sunni-bloc leader, said the charges against country`s Sunni Muslim vice president ...

US empties biggest Iraq base

The US military is vacating Saddam Hussein`s ornate palaces at its war headquarters in Baghdad and w...

`Saddam`s daughter wants to publish his memoirs`

Saddam Hussein had planned to escape from his US-run prison with the help of loyalists, including fo...

No decision on future troop presence in Iraq: US

A news report earlier claimed US had made a final decision to pull almost all its troops out of Iraq...

Saddam`s bronze buttock up for auction in Britain

Auctioneer Charles Hanson called the bronze body part a "piece of modern history".

Hunt for Gaddafi: Saddam all over again?

One key to tracking Gaddafi will be to study what he did in the past, a US official said.

Qaeda chief named Saddam Hussein to hang in Iraq

Saddam Hussein was convicted of attacks on pilgrims with car bombs.

Iraqi legislators oppose execution of officials

Iraqi lawmakers have opposed the execution of two top military officials of former dictator Saddam H...

Saddam’s favourite musician wins asylum appeal

The musician said he would be assassinated by Americans or anti-Hussein forces if he were sent home.

Iraq to disband court that tried Saddam Hussein

It could help alleviate tension between Shiite-led govt and Sunni community.

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq: Military

Two American soldiers have been killed during a mission in southern Iraq, the US military said on S...

Saddam targeted Bush, Rumsfeld daughters

Former US secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld revealed that Saddam Hussein had a USD 60 million b...

Iraqi prime minister won`t run for third term

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will not run for a third term in 2014.

Iraq: Tariq Aziz`s son pleads for condemned father`s life

Tariq Aziz had served as Saddam Hussein`s foreign minister and deputy PM.

Saddam aide Tariq Aziz sentenced to hang

Aziz was sentenced for persecuting members of Shiite religious parties under Saddam`s regime.

`Saddam delighted in terror attacks on US`

Tariq Aziz told FBI that Saddam had no interest in partnering with Osama.

Former Saddam confidant says he`ll die in prison

The man who once served as the intel face of Saddam Hussein`s regime predicted that he`ll die in ja...

US troop figures in Iraq below 50,000

The number of US troops in Iraq fell below 50,000 Tuesday ahead of a declaration of an end to combat...

Saddam`s loyalists denounce US occupation of Iraq

Supporters of Iraq`s late dictator Saddam Hussein gathered in Damascus on Thursday to denounce the U...

Former Saddam Hussein deputy captured in raid

Iraqi and US soldiers have captured Izzat al-Douri, vice president of Iraq under Saddam Hussein`s ru...

Saddam didn`t have body doubles: Doctor

More than three years after Saddam Hussein`s execution, his former personal physician has claimed th...

Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq

Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their ...

Iraqi PM defends ban of candidates before vote

Iraq`s prime minister is defending a decision to ban hundreds of candidates from the upcoming electi...

‘UK sketched plan to oust Saddam in June 2001’

British government officials drafted the "contract with the Iraqi people" to foster an internal coup...

`Chemical Ali` buried in hometown near Saddam

Dozens of Iraqis gathered at Chemical Ali’s grave, the notorious cousin and henchman of Saddam Husse...

Iraq`s Aziz in `stable condition` after stroke: Lawyer

Iraq`s jailed ex-deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, hospitalised after suffering a stroke, is in "sta...

`Saddam` ban threatens Sunni stake in Iraq elections

The decision to ban Iraqi election candidates accused of links with the Baath party of executed dict...

Jordan town drops plan to name area after Saddam

The Mayor of a provincial town in Jordan said on Sunday he had dropped plans to name a new neighbour...

Jordan town drops plan to name area after Saddam

The mayor of a provincial town in Jordan said on Sunday he had dropped plans to name a new neighborh...

Iraq bars 14 politicians, parties from election

Fourteen Iraqi politicians and parties accused of having links to Saddam Hussein`s Baath party have ...

Blair will give Iraq war evidence in public: Inquiry

Britain`s Iraq war inquiry said on Sunday that former prime minister Tony Blair would be questioned ...

Saddam ordered Radio Free Europe attack in Prague

Saddam Hussein ordered his secret agents to attack the Prague headquarters of US run Radio Free Euro...

Bush, Blair `inked a deal to topple Saddam in 2002`

Tony Blair and George W Bush had signed a "secret deal" to topple Saddam Hussein a year before the U...

Saddam, al Qaeda weren`t natural allies: British officials

Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein`s Iraqi regime, were Britain`s main security concerns before the ...

UK had sketchy post-invasion Iraq plan: Report

Britain had no effective plan for what to do after coalition forces overthrew leader Saddam Hussein ...

Saddam planned 2006 prison escape: Lawyer`s memoirs

Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein planned to escape from his US-run prison in 2006 with the hel...

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