http://www.almotamar.net صحيفة إلكترونية يومية تصدر عن حزب المؤتمر الشعبي العام (اليمن) http://www.almotamar.net/1833.htm 2007-01-08 BAGHDAD, Iraq Jan 8, 2007 (AP)— Saddam Hussein's trial for the killing of 180,000 Kurds in the 1980s resumed Monday with the late president's seat empty, nine days after he went to the gallows. The court's first order of business was to drop all charges against Saddam.