Nigeria explosion kills 260LAGOS, Nigeria — A gasoline pipeline ruptured by thieves burst into flames yesterday as scavengers collected the fuel in a poor neighbourhood, killing at least 260 people in the latest oil-industry disaster to hit Africa's biggest petroleum producer. — Page 10Saddam loses death sentence appealBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's highest appeals court yesterday upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence and said he must be hanged within 30 days for the killing of 148 Shiites in the central city of Dujail. The sentence "must be implemented within 30 days," chief judge Aref Shahin said. "From tomorrow, any day could be the day of implementation." — Page 1>