Saddam's heavy hand

Sunday 05 June 1994 23:02 BST
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Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who last week named himself Prime Minister to combat crime and economic problems, ordered that robbers and car thieves be punished by amputating their hands, AP reports from Nicosia.

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