CAIRO, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Libya announced Saturday a three-day official mourning for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after he was hung earlier in the day, according to reports reaching here.

    Meanwhile, all public celebrations for Eid al-Adha festival were cancelled and flags on government buildings flew at half-mast to mourn Saddam.

    Saddam, born on April 28, 1937 and deposed in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, was executed by hanging at dawn on Saturday, the first day of four-day Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or Greater Bairam, for crimes against humanity.