Chief Prosecutor: Appeals Court to Rule on Saddam’s Death Sentence by Mid-January
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – A round-the-clock curfew imposed in the capital ahead of Saddam Hussein’s conviction and death sentence eased on Monday, with residents once more allowed to walk the streets and sidewalks of their city. Around the country, jubilant Shiites celebrated the verdict, as Sunnis held defiant counter-demonstrations.
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