Saddam absent as trial adjourned again

Updated: 2005-12-08 07:38

The chair of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein remains empty during his trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone December 7, 2005. Saddam Hussein refused to attend his trial for crimes against humanity on Wednesday, bringing the often chaotic proceedings to a halt before the presiding judge decided to press on with the televised hearing without him. [Reuters]