German authorities on Monday conducted tests on locally grown sprouts suspected of being the source of an E. coli outbreak that has killed 22 people.
The number of people sickened by a mysterious killer bacteria grew on Wednesday, two weeks after the outbreak in Germany.
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/ 21 December 2007
European leaders on Friday hailed the expansion of the Schengen passport-free travel zone to nine mostly ex-East Bloc nations as a landmark moment for the continent’s integration. ”This is an historic moment for which we have been waiting for a long time,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein on Wednesday accepted he ordered the destruction of orchards as a reprisal for an assassination bid in a Shi’ite town, his first such admission in the turbulent trial. It was claimed Saddam pardoned two Shi’ites who were to have been executed for the assassination attempt in the town of Dujail.
The trial of Saddam Hussein and seven aides on charges of crimes against humanity resumed on Wednesday with all the defence lawyers attending the session, except Saddam’s lead lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi. All the eight defendants came to the court and sat down quietly, an Agence France-Presse correspondent reported.
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/ 28 November 2005
A defiant Saddam Hussein on Monday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution witness as the trial of the former Iraqi dictator resumed after a 40-day break. After barely two hours in session, the court was adjourned to December 5.
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/ 25 November 2005
Iraqi officials have promised to deploy up to 10 000 extra men to boost security ahead of a December 15 general election after a rebel bombing campaign killed more than 180 people in the past week. Both United States and Iraqi officials have warned of the likelihood of increasing violence ahead of the elections.
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/ 9 November 2005
When a United States soldier dies in Iraq his comrades immediately know about it because all communications at the base are cut-off pending notification of the family. Within minutes of a death being reported, commanders order all outside phones, along with internet access, closed in order to prevent families finding out by chance about a death or worrying after hearing of an incident.
At least six suicide bombers blew themselves up in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Friday, killing 10 people and wounding about 60 in attacks targeting Iraqi and United States forces, security officials said.
A series of tit-for-tat killings has raised sectarian tension to boiling point in Iraq, where Sunni religious leaders have openly accused Shi’ite militiamen of kidnapping and murdering Sunni Arabs, including clerics. Meanwhile, top United States generals have suggested Washington’s troop commitment to Iraq could last years.