France hopes Saddam's sentence will not worsen tensions in Iraq

    PARIS, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- France hoped the death sentence delivered to Iraqi former President Saddam Hussein would not "bring about new tensions" in Iraq, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy said on Sunday.  >>

   Saddam should answer for his actions: Spanish PM

    MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should answer for his actions, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Sunday in the Uruguayan capital, where he was attending the Ibero-American summit.  >>

     Sweden on Saddam: right verdict, wrong sentence

    STOCKHOLM, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- In response to the death sentence passed on Saddam Hussein on Sunday morning, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said it is extremely satisfying that the former dictator has been made to answer for his crimes and that the first verdict has now been handed down. >>

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    Two Iraqi local TV stations shut down after Saddam death verdict

    BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Interior Ministry shut down two Sunni Arab local television stations for inciting violence after Iraqi High Tribunal sentenced the former leader Saddam Hussein to death Sunday. >>

    Sporadic clashes erupt in Baghdad districts after Saddam verdict

    BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Sporadic clashes broke out in some Sunni districts in Baghdad on Sunday, immediately after a Baghdad court sentenced the ousted president Saddam Hussein to death, an Interior Ministry source and witnesses said. >>

    U.S. denies role in timing of Saddam's death sentence

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States denied on Sunday that it had any hand in the timing of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's death sentence and claimed that Iraq's judiciary was operating "independently."  >>

    Saddam shouts "Long live the nation" after death sentence

    BEIJING, Nov. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein shouted "Long live the nation" after sentenced to death by hanging on Sunday for being found guilty of crimes against humanity for the Dujail case. >>

    Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging

    BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday handed down death penalty by hanging to ousted President Saddam Hussein and two of his senior aides for the Dujail case. >>