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Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, allowed the world to believe his country had weapons of mass destruction in an attempt to deter an Iranian invasion, an FBI file has revealed.
![Tensions have been high in the Peruvian Amazon over government policy in the region [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Global2/b/2/3/4/5/Peruvian-soldiers.jpg "Tensions have been high in the Peruvian Amazon over government policy in the region [AFP]")
![Obama, right, said he had 'a very good relationship' with his Russian counterpart, Medvedev [File: AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Russia/1/2/3/4/5/6/Medvedev-Obama.jpg "Obama, right, said he had 'a very good relationship' with his Russian counterpart, Medvedev [File: AFP]")
![The Taliban has said it is launching a counter-offensive against the US forces [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/US-Forces/1/2/3/4/5/6/Afghan-offensive.jpg "The Taliban has said it is launching a counter-offensive against the US forces [AFP]")
![Zelaya has said it is the international community's responsibility to ensure his reinstatement [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Global2/b/2/3/4/5/Zelaya-03b.jpg "Zelaya has said it is the international community's responsibility to ensure his reinstatement [AFP]")
The US vice-president has travelled to Baghdad to meet Iraqi leaders and US military commanders, following the pullback of US troops from towns and cities across the country.
![Amnesty said around 1,400 Palestinians were killed including hundreds of children and civilians [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Gaza/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/destroyed.jpg "Amnesty said around 1,400 Palestinians were killed including hundreds of children and civilians [AFP]")
![The US withdrawal has sparked celebrations in Iraq [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Iraq2/2/3/US-withdrawal.jpg "The US withdrawal has sparked celebrations in Iraq [AFP]")
![Tuesday's explosion at a Kirkuk market underlines the security challenges facing Iraq [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Iraq2/2/3/Kirkuk-market.jpg "Tuesday's explosion at a Kirkuk market underlines the security challenges facing Iraq [AFP]")
Family members of Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, have said they will seek a second autopsy on the late star, Los Angeles County coroner's investigators have said.
![Thousands of casinos and slot-machine parlours shut down as the restrictions came into force [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Russia/1/2/3/4/5/6/gambling-ban.gif "Thousands of casinos and slot-machine parlours shut down as the restrictions came into force [AFP]")
![Jackson had been planning a series of comeback concerts beginning in July [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Culture/1/2/3/4/5/Michael-Jackson-f.jpg "Jackson had been planning a series of comeback concerts beginning in July [AFP]")
![Jackson was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious at his home [Reuters]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Culture/1/2/3/4/5/Michael-Jackson-b.jpg "Jackson was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious at his home [Reuters]")
About 467,000 people in the US lost their jobs in June, raising the national unemployment rate to a 26-year-high of 9.5 per cent, data from the US labour department has shown.![Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, right, visited GM's assembly plant in November [EPA]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Russia/1/2/3/4/5/6/Russian-plants.jpg "Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, right, visited GM's assembly plant in November [EPA]")
![Schwarzenegger has led Republican calls for deep spending cuts to plug the budget shortfall [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/USA3/1/2/3/4/5/Schwarzenegger.jpg "Schwarzenegger has led Republican calls for deep spending cuts to plug the budget shortfall [AFP]")
![Zimbabwe has been battered by a major political crisis that has triggred hyper inflation [EPA]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Africa/A/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/Zimbabwe-inflation.jpg "Zimbabwe has been battered by a major political crisis that has triggred hyper inflation [EPA]")
Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with Eads, the European defence and aerospace group, to build a hi-tech security system along its land and sea borders.![Flooding has made roads in dozens of towns and cities impassable [Reuters]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/China/A/1/2/3/Flooding1.jpg "Flooding has made roads in dozens of towns and cities impassable [Reuters]")
![French officials have said the search for the flight recorders would continue until July 10 [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/France/1/2/3/4/5/Search-teams-2.jpg "French officials have said the search for the flight recorders would continue until July 10 [AFP]")
![Bahia Bakari was met by her father Kassim Bakari as she landed at Le Bourget airport [AFP]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/Arabworld/arab/2/3/4/5/6/Bahia-Bakari.gif "Bahia Bakari was met by her father Kassim Bakari as she landed at Le Bourget airport [AFP]")
![Many Chinese internet users circulated and signed online petitions against the Green Dam plan [Reuters]](http://mwcnews.net/images/stories/China/A/1/2/3/web-filter-po1.jpg "Many Chinese internet users circulated and signed online petitions against the Green Dam plan [Reuters]")
