Special report:Trial of Saddam Hussein

    BAGHDAD, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity was adjourned Monday to May 15.

    The trial was adjourned after chief judge Abdel-Rahman read out a report by handwriting experts that found signatures of Saddam and seven other defendants matched documents linking them to killings of 148 Shiites in Dujail village in the 1980s.

    Saddam, in a black suit and white shirt, appeared in Monday's session along with all the other seven co-defendants.

    In the previous session on April 19, judge ruled that signatures connecting Saddam to the case were authentic.

    But Saddam and his co-accused have repeatedly claimed that the signatures on the documents were not theirs.

    Saddam and his aides are facing charges against humanity, Including killing of 148 Shiites in the northern village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt on Saddam's life there in 1982.

    If convicted, they might face death penalty. Enditem