AP - The day the trial opened, the woman who accuses a former South African deputy president of rape was hustled in under heavy guard, her face hidden under a cloth. The politician's supporters have burned photographs of her outside the courtroom — even though her identity was meant to be a secret — and depicted her as a traitor and a tramp.

AP - Exasperated, besieged by global pressure, Saddam Hussein and top aides searched for ways in the 1990s to prove to the world they'd given up banned weapons. "We don't have anything hidden!" the frustrated Iraqi president interjected at one meeting, transcripts show.

AP - The American ambassador said Friday he wants U.S.-Iranian talks about Iraq — a first between the two antagonists since the U.S. invasion — to be held in Baghdad and focus on "our concern with Iranian policies in Iraq."

AP - Jacob Young, who stars on daytime's "All My Children," will make his Broadway debut this spring in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

AP - U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Friday that discussions were under way about when he would meet with Iranian officials about Iraq and that the talks should be held in Baghdad.