Saddam meets lawyer as trials near
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There&#39;s speculation some of the former leader&#39;s top aides, to be tried first, will testify against him. BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein met a defence lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year
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Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals on Sunday, the Iraqi prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some rights experts as unfair and fundamentally flawed.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A government official in Baghdad says the man known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; will be among the first figures from Saddam Hussein&#39;s former regime to be brought to court next week, in advance of their trials.
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In the year since he was captured and hustled away to a secret location, Saddam Hussein has taken up gardening, undergone a hernia operation and written poetry that one visitor describes as "rubbishy." What he has not done is meet with any of the 20 lawyers who claim to represent him.
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Saddam Hussein's trial resumed Thursday for what was expected to be the final session before the verdict, with court-appointed attorneys ready to deliver final summations for two of the major defendants. Later the trial was adjourned until Oct. 16.
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BAGHDAD, 17 December 2004 - For the first time since his capture a year ago, ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday met his family-appointed lawyers.
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War crimes trials against senior lieutenants of Saddam Hussein will start in Baghdad next week, the interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 16 -- Saddam Hussein met with a defense attorney Thursday for the first time since the former Iraqi president was captured a year ago and days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime to court next week for the first time since they appeared before a judge five months ago, and formal indictments could be issued next month. Many have been in custody for more than a year and have not met with lawyers, prompting Saddam's attorneys to cry foul.
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BAGHDAD -- On trial facing genocide charges, Saddam Hussein used his courtroom time yesterday to urge Iraqis to resist forces he said were trying to divide the country.
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America's top lawyer met Wednesday with the head of Iraq's judicial council during a quick trip to Baghdad to review U.S. efforts to help build the nation's legal system.
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BAGHDAD - Former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein met a defence lawyer for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.
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Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is preparing a legal challenge in the United States to his trial for war crimes, a newspaper reports, citing leaked papers prepared by his defense team.
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Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals on Sunday, the Iraqi chief prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some human rights experts as unfair and flawed.
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Iraq&#39;s former president Saddam Hussein and 30 senior members of his regime, which may also include Saddam&#39;s deputy Ibrahim al-Duri, will stand trial in Baghdad as soon as next month, an Iraqi minister said.
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Saddam Hussein and other detained members of the deposed Iraqi regime will face trial within âa few weeks,â Iraqâs minister of state said today.
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Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer yesterday for the first time since his capture a year ago, days before several of his top aides are due to appear in court for hearings on alleged war crimes.