Saddam Hussain gets death sentence
Baghdad: Saddam Hussein has been convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for crimes against humanity. Hussain is accused of having ordered the killing of 148 people in a single Shiite town in 1982, just after a failed assassination bid on him.

Hussain, his half brother and another senior official, have all been convicted and sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal.

The trial brought Saddam and his co-defendants before their accusers in what has been one of the most highly publicised and heavily reported trials of its kind since the Nuremberg tribunals for members of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and its slaughter of 6 million Jews in the World War II Holocaust.

The verdict came two days before mid-term elections in the United States widely seen as a referendum on the Bush administration's policy in Iraq.

Saddam and his seven co-defendants were on trial for a wave of revenge killings carried out in the city of Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt on the former dictator.
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Tendulkar enters big league with WSG deal
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar's 3-year deal with Singapore-based talent management and sports marketing firm World Sports Group is likely to put him in the league of global sporting icons.

Tendulkar is said to have become the highest paid Indian brand ambassador with this agreement. The deal amount is said to be much higher than Tendulkar's existing deal with Iconix which is estimated at $22 million. Sources say the WSG deal could be larger by at least 30-35 pc.
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