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District Judge William Sessions said recent cases, including a U.S Supreme Court ruling that found juries and not judges must hand out death sentences, have ren dered existing death- penalty law unusable. Since the high court's rul ing in June, a federal judge in New York has ruled capi tal punishment is in itself unconstitutional. Other fed eral judges, in Virginia and Pennsylvania, have upheld the I Federal Death Penalty Act. Britain says Iraqi weapons are a serious threat LONDON (AP) - Iraq has a growing arsenal of chemical and biological weapons, and plans to use them, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday, unveiling an intelligence dossier to a special session of Parliament. Blair, who also said Iraq is trying to develop nuclear weapons, told lawmakers his priority is to get inspec tors back into Iraq. But he repeatedly expressed enthusiasm for the U.S. goal of "regime change" in Baghdad. "Iraq, the region and the whole world would be bet ter off" without Saddam Hussein, Blair said in releas ing the dossier, which asserts the Iraqi leader has weapons of mass destruc tion ready to be used with in 45 minutes of an order to fight. Gunmen storm Hindu temple in western India GANDHINAGAR, India (AP) — Attackers sprayed gunfire through a temple crowded with Hindu wor shippers Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and fueling fears of new rioting in west ern India, where vicious reli gious clashes between Muslims and Hindus killed 1,000 people earlier this year. Hours after the attack, the gunmen remained in control of part of the Swaminarayan temple complex — and some wor shippers were still inside, officials said. Bloody bod ies were carried away on stretchers and many wounded limped out, their clothes stained with blood. About 45 people were wounded. Hundreds of commandos swarmed into the sprawling temple complex after the attackers stormed in, setting up positions around the main temple. Russian law student Oxana Fedorova, who won the May pageant in Puerto Rico, was dethroned because pageant offi cials said she was not fulfilling her duties. It was first time a titleholder had been fired in the contest’s 52-year history. Donald Trump, co-owner of the organization, said Paula Shugart, the organization’s pres ident, had asked Fedorova to resign. “When Oxana didn’t resign. Paula had no choice but to terminate her,” Trump said. Shugart said Fedorova did n’t show up for some photo shoots and charity events. “She needed to spend a lot of time in Russia,” Shugart said on NBC’s “Today” show. “I believe her mother was ill at one point.” Fedorova, a police lieutenant pursuing a graduate law degree at St. Petersburg’s Police Academy, denied she was fired and said she gave up the title voluntarily. “The duties of a world beau ty are wonderful. However, my prime goal is my studies and career in Russia,” Fedorova told RTR state television Monday. “I know I will remain Miss Universe for Russian citi zens and for myself.” Pasek, who works in televi sion production and hopes to complete a degree in environ mental engineering, will spend the coming months as a good will ambassador in the fight against HIV/AIDS. She said she wished Fedorova “the best and I’m very happy to be taking over this job now.” Pageant officials said Fedorova had returned the $20,000 diamond and pearl tiara she won. A more expensive tiara — with 800 diamonds instead of 15 — which winners wear only when they are crowned, is kept by the Miss Universe Organization. Prosecutors investigating Xerox accounting practices STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are investigating accounting prac tices at Xerox Corp. that were previously reviewed by securi ties regulators in a probe that led to a record $10 million civil penalty against the copy machine maker. The Stamford-based compa ny issued a statement Monday night announcing the new inves tigation and saying it would cooperate with prosecutors. Xerox settled allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission in April. The SEC alleged that the company used a variety of what it called “accounting tricks” and “accounting opportunities” to boost earnings by about $1.5 billion, misleading investors about its results. Xerox spokeswoman Christa Carone declined to comment Monday on the new investiga tion. 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