Andrew Peach

And he insisted all along that no one had ever misled the public about the reasons for going to war.

The flaws in the intelligence are plain enough in hindsight, but any suggestion that pre-war information was distorted, hyped or fabricated by the leader of the nation is utterly false.

The Democrat Henry Waxman was one of Dick Cheney's most relentless critics in Congress, urging publication of a detailed record of misleading White House statements on the threat posed by Iraq.

Over a period of 32 years, Dick Cheney experienced five heart attacks, although none of them while serving in the White House.

A generally private man, there were also moments when his family was in the spotlight.

His support for his gay daughter put him at odds with his own administration's policy.

But as George Bush's strong, silent right-hand man, Dick Cheney showed just what the much-derided office of Vice President could be, whether people liked it or not.

Our correspondent Paul Adams on the life of Dick Cheney.

The city of Al-Fasha in Sudan was, until just over a week ago, the military's last remaining stronghold in the Darfur region.

It's now under the control of the paramilitary rapid support forces and the reports of mass slaughter that have been compared by war monitors to the genocide in Rwanda.

Sudan's military government is now meeting to discuss the security situation there.

As I heard from our global affairs reporter in Nairobi, Richard Kagoe.

There are reports of mass killings.

There are reports about sexual violence, attacks targeting aid workers, widespread lootings, reports of people being abducted, and also starvation.

And a lot of people who've been trying to flee from the city of El Fascia.

enroute to a town called Tawila, which is about 37 miles west of El Fascia.

We're hearing reports of the elderly women and children who are also exposed to sexual violence, and some young people have been forcefully conscripted to fight along the RSF.

And this has really caught the eye of the International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor's Office, who's saying that they're currently collecting evidence because of these reports and saying,

that possibly some of these do amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

It's all very well the Sudanese government talking about the security situation, but what could it possibly do to improve it?