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Blair goes on ID card offensive
Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he will push on with ID cards - insisting that as with CCTV and DNA the issue is one of "modernity" not civil liberties.
An "action plan" would be published by the Home Office in December to "explore the benefits" people could get from ID cards in 10 years' time, he said.

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Saddam dominates courtroom drama

The melodramatic end of Saddam Hussein's trial was as fascinating as the first moment when he stalked into the courtroom at the beginning of the trial, just over a year ago.

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But Saddam Hussein himself seemed a little different - less tense, less angry, more aware of his ability to manipulate the atmosphere and produce the effect he required.

Perhaps when the trial started he assumed it would be the kind of legal proceeding which had been followed when he was president, with the judge yelling insults at the accused.

This time, neatly dressed in a well-cut black suit and white shirt, he headed straight for his old chair in the dock and sat down. When the presiding judge ordered him to stand, he refused. "I will listen to the judgement," he said, "but I will