1.   It is particularly welcome that an African dictator will be tried in Africa.

2.   Talk of their revival began, coincidently, under the last Bush administration, which raised the prospect of creating a tribunal to try Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

3.   Meanwhile, many remain skeptical about Chilean claims that the former dictator might be tried at home if Britain frees him.

4.   The judge trying former dictator Kamuzu Banda for murder told state prosecutors on Monday to speed up.