| Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact (AP) [4 mins][Iraq] AP - Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same square where Iraqis beat a toppled Saddam Hussein statue five years ago. Chanting and waving flags, Muqtada al-Sadr's followers filled Firdous Square to protest the pact that would allow American troops to stay for three more years. | Drunken yob who left teenager with part of his skull missing after party attack gets just one year's detention [1 hr] A yob who left a 15-year-old boy scarred for life after he battered him to the ground with a single punch has been sentenced to one year's detention. |