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Published 12/15/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - The top U.N. envoy in Iraq has urged the Shiite-led government to treat imprisoned Saddam Hussein-era figures fairly after the American military hands them over as part of a detainee transfer required under a new security pact.
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