UN URGES IRAQ NOT TO EXECUTE HUSSEIN SADDAM AIDE AZIZ

the United Nations urged Iraq to spare the life of Tareq Aziz, the former deputy premier and aid to Saddam Hussein. "The United Nations' position on the death penalty is well-known: that is, that we oppose the death penalty," said Martin Nesirky, spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. "Certainly...as in other cases, we would be suggesting that a death penalty should not be carried out."