Saddam’s Trial Is Adjourned
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BAGHDAD, Iraq — Lawyers gave their closing arguments yesterday for the last two defendants in Saddam Hussein’s trial, and the chief judge adjourned the proceedings until mid-October, when the ex-president and two top lieutenants could be sentenced to death.