BAGHDAD (Reuters) — One of Saddam Hussein’s main lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after men in police uniform took him from his home, relatives said, the third defence attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October.

PETRA — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said there were “indications” that Hamas may recognise the two-state solution adopted in the roadmap to the Mideast peace.

RAMALLAH — Two Palestinains were killed and 13 people injured when an Israeli missile missed its intended target yesterday and slammed into a house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis.