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Saddam’s execution put Iraq's fate hanging
in balance
BAGHDAD— Saddam
Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday for
crimes against humanity as Iraq’s prime
minister rushed through an execution that
delighted victims of the former president’s
harsh rule and caused resentment among those
who thought the high-profile trial was
flawed and unfair. The former president,
toppled by the US invasion four years ago,
was shown going calmly to his death on the
scaffold in images of his last moments
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Car bomb explodes at Madrid airport
MADRID — A car bomb exploded in a parking
lot at Madrid's international airport on
Saturday after an anonymous telephone
warning, Spanish police said. Spanish state
radio reported that a separate caller
claiming to be a member of Basque guerrilla
band ETA said the group had planted the
bomb, which, if confirmed, would mean the
end of a cease-fire declared in March.
Barajas Airport's Terminal Four was
evacuated after a warning was telephoned to
motorway rescue services in the Basque
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