UN unhappy with Saddam trial

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UN unhappy with Saddam trial

   The United Nations has turned down a request by the United States to 
   assist Iraqi judges and prosecutors trying outsted President Saddam 
   Hussein. The UN said the court rules fail to meet the minimum 
   standards of justice and that it opposes the power of the special 
   tribunal to impose the death penalty.   The Bush Administration had 
   appealed to the UN War Crimes Tribunal to send some judges and 
   prosecutors to train members of the Iraqi tribunal.  This was 
   rejected by the UN Security General Kofi Annan