Saddam to face trial in ‘Lecter-style’ cage News
Saddam to face trial in ‘Lecter-style’ cage

[JURIST] Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will face trial in a reinforced metal cage, much like the one used for the character Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film, the Silence of the Lambs, London's Sun reports in its Monday edition. The tabloid quoted an unidentified source who stated that Hussein will be kept in an underground cell and will use a lift travel to and from the courtroom, which will be inside one of his palaces in Baghdad's Green Zone. The Sun has the full story; its print edition carried exclusive photos of the "cage.". AAP has more.

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

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On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.