12/17/03: Saddams Last Stand
Five years ago this week Saddam Hussein was captured in a spiderhole near his hometown of Tikirt. Just days later Scott Pelley reported from the Iraqi leaders hideout and retraced the military action.
Israeli railway causes political row
The construction of a new railway to link Jerusalem with illegal Israeli settlements has provoked criticism.
The tram system is being built by French engineering companies on occupied Palestinian land. Critics say their involvement in the project contravenes European policy.
Al Jazeera’s Jackie Rowland reports from Jerusalem.
A Nobel peace prize winner’s appeal
Martti Ahtisaari, Finland’s former president and international mediator, has been awarded the Nobel peace prize. In his acceptance speach in Norway, Ahtisaari called on Barack Obama, the US president-elect, to do more in order to bring peace to the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s Hamish MacDonald reports.
