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Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq is being tried on charges of mass murder and torture. Mr. Hussein has pleaded not guilty and called into question the authority of the Court. Mr. Hussein seemed to be using the televised Court proceedings to address the people of Iraq.

Iraq reconstruction is seeing the formation of the constitution but there is discord from Sunni Muslim Arabs. The constitution was signed yesterday by a committee of Kurds and Shiite Muslim Arabs amidst objections by Sunni Muslim Arabs who protest provisions for autonomous sectors without a lot of ties to the central government. Overall, a failed vision of unification.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been elected President of Iran. Mr. Ahmadinejad is an ultra-conservative and has said developing a nuclear energy program is 'the absolute right for Iran and every Iranian.' Mr. Ahmadinejad's policy snarls relations with the West, particularly the European Union that has been negotiating a non-nuclear policy as well as growing economic ties.