Chinese experts: Sentence may aggravate situation
2006-11-06 06:16:31
Sentencing former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to death will not fundamentally change the volatile situation in the Middle East country, but might lead to escalation of blood-shed, Chinese observers said yesterday.
World split on Iraq differs on Saddam's sentence
2006-11-06 08:46:30
Saddam Hussein's death sentence was celebrated by some as justice deserved or even divine, but denounced by others as a political ploy before critical US midterm congressional elections.
3 Saddam co-defendants found guilty
2006-11-05 16:58:16
Iraq's High Tribunal convicted three Saddam Hussein co-defendants of murder and torture on Sunday and sentenced them to up to 15 years in prison. A fourth defendant was acquitted for lack of evidence.
Saddam to hear fate, Iraq urges calm
2006-11-05 10:00:39
Iraq's government imposed curfews Sunday and has canceled army leave, fearing the trial verdict for Saddam Hussein might trigger fresh sectarian bloodletting.
Saddam lawyers want verdict delayed
2006-11-04 10:06:32
Defense lawyers called Friday for judges to postpone their verdict in Saddam Hussein's Dujail trial, expected Sunday, and allow them to present final arguments.
Saddam's lawyer warns against execution
2006-10-30 09:38:14
Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer warned Sunday of worsening violence in Iraq and chaos across the Mideast if the ex-president is sentenced to death at his trial.
Kurdish witnesses recall massacres by Saddam
2006-10-19 09:45:16
Two Kurdish witnesses at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial gave harrowing accounts of surviving killing fields where guards executed detainees in sprays of gunfire.
Saddam judge to set verdict
2006-10-16 09:13:20
A judge trying Saddam Hussein for the killing of 148 Shi'ite villagers in the 1980s will set a date on Monday for a verdict in a case that carries the maximum penalty of death by hanging, court officials said.
Saddam back for genocide trial
2006-10-09 17:13:23
Saddam Hussein's genocide trial resumed on Monday after chaos reigned at the last session, when he was repeatedly ejected from the courtroom and his lawyers walked out over the sacking of the chief judge.
Saddam ejected from courtroom
2006-09-26 16:24:20
Saddam Hussein was ejected from his genocide trial Tuesday for the second consecutive day after he refused to heed the chief judge's calls to remain silent.
Defence boycotts Saddam genocide trial
2006-09-25 16:33:46
The genocide trial of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein resumed without his defence team which is boycotting the proceedings in protest at what it branded government pressure on the court.
500 call Saddam's return to power
2006-09-22 16:43:37
Some 500 people demonstrated in Saddam Hussein's hometown on Friday, demanding his return to power, organizers said.