January verdict on appealBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s appeals court is expected to rule on Saddam Hussein’s guilty verdict and death sentence by the middle of January, the chief prosecutor said. — Page 10Ortega on the way back MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary Marxist who battled a US-backed Contra insurgency in the 1980s, was rising once again to Nicaragua’s presidency, appearing yesterday to have defeated four opponents with promises that he was a changed man. — Page 11