Saddam no longer wants to go to hearings
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Saddam Hussein wrote the chief judge in his Kurdish genocide trial to tell him that he no longer wants to attend the hearings &#151; whatever the consequences, according to a letter released Tuesday by former Iraqi leader's lawyers.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 20 -- Saddam Hussein's lawyers stormed out of his genocide trial on Wednesday 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 met for the first time since his capture a year ago with a defense lawyer Thursday, two days after Iraq announced it will soon bring top figures of the fallen regime to court, the chief of the former dictator's legal team said.
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An Army sergeant accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi civilian has waived his right to a pretrial investigation hearing, the Army says.
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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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AMMAN - Saddam Hussein, Iraq&#39;s jailed former dictator, was allowed to meet with a lawyer on Thursday for the first time since his arrest a year ago.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq  -- The chief judge in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial was replaced Tuesday amid complaints from Shiite and Kurdish officials that he was too easy on the deposed Iraqi leader.
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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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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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One of Saddam Hussein&#39;s lawyers says the former Iraqi leader is refusing food, despite reports to the contrary. French lawyer Emmanuel Ludot says he wants the International Red Cross to check on Saddam&#39;s condition.
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Saddam Hussein&#039;s eight-month-old trial entered its final phase on Monday, when prosecutors began closing arguments.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday, five days after a new chief judge ejected   him from his genocide trial, but the ousted president's lawyers   boycotted the proceedings.
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Saddam Hussein's lawyers said on Monday   they would boycott the toppled leader's trial until a sweeping   series of demands were met, following the killing of a third   member of the defense team last month.
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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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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
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The chief prosecutor in Saddam   Hussein's trial for genocide against the Kurds demanded on   Wednesday that the chief judge resign for being too soft on the   former Iraqi president and his six co-accused.