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| Torture tales spill, Saddam screams |
| Saddam Hussein said he was not afraid to die and aggressively took on the court trying him today, bullying a witness who described the horrors of his rule, including a meat grinder for human flesh.
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| Engineer kidnapped |
| Gunmen seized a French engineer from outside his home in Baghdad today, beating their screaming victim as they hauled him to their getaway car, neighbours said.
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| Rice in US policy defence |
| Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice today defended US treatment of terrorism suspects, telling European allies they should trust the US as they cooperate in intelligence oper
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| Quake rocks east Africa |
| A strong earthquake jolted Africas Great Lakes region today, killing at least one person in Congos remote east and rattling regional capitals.
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| Witness Ahmed Hassan testifies as former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein watches in the Baghdad courtroom on Monday. (AFP) |
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