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Have you heard the one about Saddam Hussain? In a land where jokes about the president once were punishable by death, the collapse of Saddam's regime is allowing Iraqis to make fun of their former leader.

Panama lessons will be put to work in Iraq

Pentagon hard-liners pressing for regime change in Iran have held secret and unauthorised meetings in Paris with a controversial arms dealer who was a major figure in the Iran-Contra scandal, according to administration officials.

Clinton denounces Obama's pastor