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Vol. 5 Num 755 Wed. July 12, 2006  
   
International


Saddam boycotts trial


Saddam Hussein and his defence counsel boycotted his trial for crimes against humanity for a second day on Tuesday, forcing a two-week adjournment to give court-appointed lawyers time to prepare final arguments.

The former Iraqi leader's half-brother and intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti, his former vice president, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and Revolutionary Court judge Awad Hamed al-Bander and their lawyers were also absent from the court.