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Baghdad, Dec 27: Mowaffak al-Rubaie sits in his office with a statue of Saddam Hussein behind him, the rope used to hang the dictator around its neck, recalling his final minutes. The former national security advisor, who oversaw Saddam's 2006 execution, said he remained strong until the end, and never expressed any regret. "A criminal? True. A killer? True. A butcher? True. But he was strong

Bantwal, Dec 27: Delhi police arrested Anwar Sadiq, husband of Mumthaz who allegedly committed suicide on June 19 by jumping into Nethravathi river from a railway bridge at Kallapu on the outskirts of the city along with her two kids. Mumthaz, 28, along with her two children-Fathima Nishan, 8, and Khatija Nifa, 4-jumped into the river from the pier of one of the two railway bridges nearly six

Ahmedabad, Dec 27: Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, has for the first time described in detail his reactions to the 2002 riots in Gujarat that left more than 1,000 people dead, most of them Muslims. He says his government reacted "more swiftly and decisively to the violence than n ever done before in any previous riots in the country," countering allegations that he did not do

Kuwait, Dec 27: More than one lakh expatriates from Coastal Karnataka, Mangalore and Northern parts of Kerala are disappointed to hear that Air India Express is wrapping up its flight services to Kuwait – Mangalore Sector from February 15, 2014 throwing the travel plans of the passengers into disarray. Prominent Coastal Karnataka NRIs in Kuwait said that by deciding to wrap up their services to

Mangalore, Dec 26: Being in its 25th year of existence, Jamiyyatul Falah, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district, will organise the valedictory ceremony of its silver jubilee celebrations at Town Hall in the city on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, president of the organisation Saduddin Salihi said that the silver jubilee celebrations, which commenced on January 27 this year

Muzaffarnagar, Dec 27: Is Muzaffarnagar's temperature equal to that of Siberia? Well an official in Akhilesh Yadav's government has certainly got his facts wrong. Making a mockery of deaths in the Muzaffarnagar relief camps, Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary for Home Anil Gupta on Friday said that children living in the relief camp did not die of cold. Children died because they were taken for

Bantwal, Dec 27: Varanasi Subraya Bhat, founder president of Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO) passed away at his residence in Adyanadka in Bantwal taluk due to age-related deceases on Friday morning at around 4 p.m. He was 87. Bhat is survived by two sons and two daughters. The Campco factory which was set up in 1973 at Puttur was the brainchild of Mr

Mangalore, Dec 27: Four persons have been arrested by Kavoor police in connection with moral policing reported from Pilikula Nisargadhama on Thursday. Kumar, Bipin, Kiran and Ravi, all residents of Vamanjoor and aged around 25 years assaulted two inter-faith students who were strolling in the park on Wednesday at around 6 p.m. The four allegedly belonging to Saffron outfit came by bike and Omni

Bangalore, Dec 27: Public criticism has forced two legislature committees to put on hold their proposed 'study tour' abroad. But, nine members of another legislature committee have already landed in Australia. They are scheduled to visit New Zealand and welcome 2014 in style at a private hotel on the Fiji Islands, where the sun rises first in the whole world. On Thursday, sources in the

Moodbidri, Dec 27: In a brutal incident reported from Kumpapadavu near Moodbidri, a 28-year-old youth killed his father after an argument turned violent on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Meena Gowda (50). His son Rajesh Gowda who was in an inebriated state allegedly strangled Meena Gowda in a fit of anger at their house between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. After having committed the crime, he