Saddam appears in court despite boycott threat
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Saddam Hussein appeared at his genocide trial on Wednesday, despite writing to the chief judge to say he would no longer attend court sessions in protest at being repeatedly silenced.
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For the second time in a week, the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein genocide trial ordered the deposed leader from the courtroom. Hussein was also ejected on Wednesday.
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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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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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A new legal chapter opens Monday for Saddam Hussein when the ousted Iraqi leader goes on trial for a second time, charged with genocide and war crimes from his scorched-earth offensive against Kurds nearly two decades ago.
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Charles Taylor is charged with war crimes but he won't show up in court to face them
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Saddam Hussein saw a lawyer on Thursday  for the first time since his arrest a year ago, days after his  attorneys protested at a lack of access to him or other  detained former Iraqi officials, the defense team said.
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BAGHDAD -- For the second time in as many days in his trial, Saddam Hussein was ordered out of a courtroom yesterday. The move sparked an eruption from the other defendants.
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Saddam Hussein was thrown out of court   again on Monday and his lawyers did not show up at all, but the   new judge appointed by the Iraqi government in mid-trial   pressed on with hearing Kurdish witnesses to alleged genocide.
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Iraq will bring top figures of Saddam Hussein&#39;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.
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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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Roundup: Saddam Hussein trial resumes in Baghdad    BAGHDAD, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The trial of Iraq's toppled leader Saddam Hussein and six of his co-defendants resumed in a Baghdad court on Monday after a four-day break.
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Saddam Hussein's second trial, on charges of genocide in connection with a crackdown on Kurds, resumed Monday after a 19-day hiatus.
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Saddam Hussein saw a lawyer on Thursday  for the first time since his arrest a year ago, days after his  attorneys protested over lack of access to him or other  detained former Iraqi officials, the defense team said.
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BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein's lawyers stormed out of his genocide trial yesterday to protest a government attempt to sack the tribunal's chief judge, a move against the theoretically independent judiciary that has pitched the troubled trial into chaos.
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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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AMMAN, Jordan  - Former Iraqi President Saddam  Hussein's defense team reviewed Sunday how to move ahead with  their case after they gained access to their client this week  for the first time since his arrest a year ago, lawyers said.