Taliban threatening Afghan vote; Afghan ballot lottery held; Petraeus doctrine applied to AFPAK; Sunni leader gunned down in Baghdad; U.S. weighs in on Iraqi detainees; More work needed for displaced in Iraq

Afghans protest civilian casualties; Lawmakers: Pakistan needs to step up; No miracles in Afghanistan; Kurds host reconciliation conference; Maliki exudes confidence; Amnesty blasts Iraqi executions

AFPAK wary of war effort; Corruption as dangerous as Taliban; Afghanistan monitors private security firms; Charges filed in Operation Anfal; Baathist legacy of land mines; Washington looms in Baghdad talks with Moscow

Corruption plagues Baghdad government; Arab leaders call for Iraq unity; Calls for 'Chemical Ali' execution mount; Afghan strategy requires balanced approach; Iran-U.S. talks not on Afghan agenda

AQI down but not out in Iraq; Iraqi officials meet Diyala tribes; Tariq Aziz gets 15 years for 1992 executions; Afghan forces conduct operations in Helmand; Washington anxious for Afghan strategy; Afghan army trained on M-16

The elections law and budget; Calls mount for release of Iraqi journalist held in Syria; Baath Party calls for jihad

BAGHDAD, March 2 (UPI) -- An Iraqi tribunal Monday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," to death for his role in the violent suppression of a 1999 Shiite uprising.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Two dozen officials from Saddam Hussein's government went on trial for their roles in the deaths of thousands of Saddam's opponents in Iraq, officials said.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," was sentenced to die Tuesday for quelling a Shiite uprising against Saddam Hussein, Iraqi officials said.