Is there a market for Saddam Hussein's autobiography? His eldest daughter Raghad thinks so. Now living in exile in Jordan, she's hawking the handwritten manuscript around publishers. Details of their contents or composition are unknown, but Raghad's lawyer, Haitham Nabil al-Harsh, told an Arab news channel: "These are the only real memoirs Saddam Hussein wrote by hand, and they will be released as soon as we find a publishing house."

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James Moore: The Treasury lucked out with Northern Rock

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James Moore: Treasury lucked out with Northern Rock and now might have to repeat the fluke

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The Gossip, XOYO, London

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