Saddam aide Tariq Aziz found not guilty
Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:03:07 GMT
Saddam Hussein's former deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz was acquitted in Iraqi court.
The Iraqi High Criminal Court has acquitted Saddam Hussein's former deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, of charges of crimes against humanity.

Chief Judge Mohammed Ureibi announced Monday that Aziz and three other senior Saddam-era officials were cleared in court of involvement in the deaths of dozens of Shias in 1999 in Baghdad's Sadr City and the holy city of Najaf in the south, Xinhua reported.

Ureibi however said Aziz would remain in custody for another trial over alleged involvement in the 1992 murders of several merchants accused of price gouging during a period on UN sanctions.

Meanwhile, the court sentenced a former Iraqi general known as "Chemical Ali" to death for "premeditated murders as crimes against humanity." It is the third capital punishment sentence for Ali Hasan al-Majeed, a cousin of Saddam Hussein.

"Chemical Ali," Aziz and 12 other officials of Saddam's regime were accused of involvement in the organized killing of Shias, who were protesting against Salaam's rule following the first Persian Gulf War.

Saddam's other cousin, Mahmoud Faizi, former governor of Maysan province, Aziz Salih Al-Nouman, former member of the dissolved Baath Party, Mahmuod Faizi al-Hazaa, commander in Saddam's army, and Aziz Saleh Hassan, a senior Baath Party official also received death sentence for their role in the crackdown on Shia protestors.

Four more aides to Saddam were sentenced to life imprisonment, including Abed Hameed Mahmoud, Saddam's personal secretary.

Of the 14 co-defendants in the case, three were sentence to prison terms ranging from six to 15 years.

Saddam Hussein was executed in December 2006 after being condemned to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal, set up by the United States in 2004 to try former regime officials.

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Iran invests $2.5b in stem cell research
Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:19:41 GMT
Iran invests $2.5billion in its stem cell research program that took off in 2003.
Iran's Cord Blood Bank says 2.5 billion dollars will be invested in the country's stem cell research over the next five years.

Iranian scientists test treatments on mice for everything from heart disease to multiple sclerosis in state-run laboratories and private hospitals in Tehran. The fund will be used for the development of such facilities in other Iranian cities.

"Stem cell research centers will soon be opened in all major cities," said managing Director of Iran's Cord Blood bank, Mortezah Zarabi.

Iranian scientists developed human embryonic stem cell lines in 2003, with the approval of Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of Iran's Islamic revolution.

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