Monday, November 6, 2006, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

Death for Saddam, 2 aides
Verdict to go to 9-judge appeals panel
Baghdad, November 5
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced today to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 persons in a single town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted “God is great!”

Saddam: I will die without fear

Amman, November 5 A defiant Saddam Hussein today said he would die without fear and the US occupiers of his country would leave humiliated like they did in Vietnam, his lawyers said.

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as he receives his verdict during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday — AFP photo Key dates in Saddam’s life Saddam’s ‘dirty dozen’

Shias rejoice, Sunnis angry

Baghdad, November 5 Iraqi Shiites broke into wild celebration today after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death, but his fellow Sunnis paraded through his hometown of Tikrit chanting, “We will avenge you Saddam." Arabs divided Good day, says White House Verdict illegal: defence India reacts guardedly; Left outraged

Iraqis in the predominately Shia Baghdad suburb of Sadr City spray foam as they drive through the streets to celebrate the guilty verdict handed down against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Sunday. — AFP photo

4 of family killed in Udhampur Srinagar, November 5 Four members of a family, two Pakistani militants and a minor boy were killed and three boys injured critically in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, where-as a powerful IED on Srinagar-Gulmarg road was detected today.

Hollywood film actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie speaks to the media after meeting Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Sunday. Jolie, who is in New Delhi for two days to work with the UN refugee agency, met refugee women and children from Myanmar and also the Khalsa Diwan Welfare Society, an organisation run for Sikh Afghan refugees in India. — AFP

Shia women get divorce rights
Lucknow, November 5
If a Shia bridegroom misleads his future bride about his real income, educational or social status this would be sufficient ground for the woman to exercise her right to divorce.

OTA cadet commits suicide