By JOHN F. BURNS By John F. Burns The New York

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and OMAR SINAN BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other regime officials were sentenced Sunday to hang for slaughtering up to 180,000 Kurdish men, women and children with chemical weapons, artillery barrages and mass executions two decades ago.

Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as "Chemical Ali," and two other regime officials were sentenced Sunday to hang for slaughtering up to 180,000 Kurdish men, women and children with chemical weapons, artillery barrages and mass executions two decades ago.

By The Associated Press BAGHDAD - The former deputy in Saddam Hussein's government was hanged before dawn today for the killings of 148 Shiites, an official with the prime minister's office said.

By ED HARRIS SADDAM HUSSEIN'S former vice president was hanged before dawn in Baghdad today on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.