Sunni mourn Saddam's death
Published: 01 January, 2007, 22:40
Iraq's Sunni population is mourning the death of the country's former leader Saddam Hussein who was executed by hanging three days ago in Baghdad. Hundreds of Sunni Muslims took to the streets of Iraq enraged over the execution.
In Samarra a mob of angry protesters marched through a mosque with a mock coffin and Hussein's photo.In the city of Dor, children carried toy guns and men fired shots in the air next to a giant Mosaic of the former Iraqi President.
01.01.2007, 22:17
Gazprom satisfied with the dealGazprom is satisfied with the gas deal finally signed with Belarus in the last minutes of 2006. Gazprom's spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov says the company was “actively urging its Belorussian counterparts to finish negotiations in the outgoing year&rdqu |
02.01.2007, 04:35
Former mayor of Jerusalem dies aged 95Jerusalem's former mayor Teddy Kollek has died, at the age of 95. He was known as a strong supporter of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence, and is credited with the reunification of Jerusalem following the 1967 Middle East war. |
