Saddam Hussein finally talks to his lawyer
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Former dictator, who remains in an undisclosed detention center, was described as being in good spirits and health. Rush to start trial splits cabinet.
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War crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his closest lieutenants have moved forward with his feared cousin known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; being the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate.
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The defense began closing arguments in the trial of Saddam Hussein on Monday, but most of the lawyers boycotted the court because of the slaying last month of an attorney for the former Iraqi leader.
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Saddam Hussein's genocide trial resumed   on Tuesday, a day after a U.S.-based doctor demanded   compensation from foreign companies she said supplied him with   chemicals he is accused of using to gas Kurdish rebels.
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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 - Saddam Hussein met with a defense lawyer Thursday 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 war crimes.
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Saddam Hussein's former chief lawyer said Sunday he plans to publish a book in the coming year disclosing secret information about the executed Iraqi leader.
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Saddam Hussein was back in court in   Baghdad on Monday for the latest hearing in his trial for   genocide against ethnic Kurds but his defense lawyers stayed   away in protest after the Iraqi government fired the judge.
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Saddam Hussein has his first meeting with a member of his family-appointed legal team in Baghdad.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein appealed to Iraqis from his prison cell to unite against what he called US efforts to sow sectarian divisions, his lawyers say.
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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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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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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein  appealed to Iraqis from his prison cell to unite against what  he called U.S. efforts to sow sectarian divisions, his lawyers  said on Sunday.
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A thinner but combative Saddam Hussein appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since his hunger strike and hospitalization, complaining that he had been brought to the chamber against his will and rejecting the tribunal as an agent of the U.S. occupation.
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Saddam Hussein is in good health, but unrepentant, according to a lawyer who spent more than four hours with the deposed Iraqi leader last week.
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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.
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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.