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Great Britain's Foreign & Commonwealth Office has released a report revealing that in 2000 Saddam Hussein approved amputation of the tongue as a penalty for abusive remarks about him or his family, and that he has broadcast TV pictures of this punishment as a warning to would-be dissenters; that Saddam's son Uday maintained a private torture chamber called "the Red Room" in a building disguised as an electrical-power plant along the Tigris River; that Saddam's army retains "professional rapists"; and that inmates in the "casket prison" in Baghdad are kept "in rows of rectangular steel boxes, as found in mortuaries,"...

<p>The unfolding scandal involving Global Crossing may be about to engulf an unlikely group: the U.S. labor movement. The labor connection involves a union-owned life insurance company that was one of the original investors in the fiber-optic outfit, providing some of initial seed money to Global founder Gary Winnick. It was a savvy deal for the unions that own the insurer, ULLICO Inc., earning the company a $500 million profit on a $7.6 million investment.</p>

Does anybody know who is winning the Mayor race in Frederick, Maryland?

Federal Judge's Ruling on Christ Church Accokeek AAC News October 29, 2001 Federal Judge Peter J. Messitte has ruled in favor of Bishop Jane Dixon and the Diocese of Washington. He has given Fr. Samuel Edwards 10 days to vacate the church. This is the text of the ruling. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND JANE HOLMES DIXON Plaintiff v. SAMUEL L. EDWARDS Civil No. PJM 01-1838 and THE VESTRY OF ST. JOHN'S PARISH Defendants O R D E R The Court having heard argument on the Motions of Defendants Father Samuel L. Edwards and ...

Under a heavy veil of secrecy and security, eight Evansville men of Middle Eastern descent appeared in federal court Friday on warrants alleging they are witnesses in a grand jury investigation in Alexandria, Va. Officials in U.S. District Court in Evansville and attorneys called in to represent the men were extremely tight-lipped about the nature of the case.