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BAGHDAD, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was buried early Sunday in his native village of Uwja in northern Iraq after he was executed Saturday, CNN reported.

The burial took place in his family plot near Tikrit, where provincial governor and tribal elders received his body from Baghdad.

Saddam, born on April 28, 1937 and deposed in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, was hanged at dawn on Saturday for crimes against humanity.

His sons Uday and Qusay, killed by U.S. troops in 2003, are also buried in the village.

Earlier, Sky News English TV channel reported Saddam will be buried in Ramadi, a Sunni insurgent stronghold, instead of his native village.

World reactions to execution of Saddam

BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who was executed by hanging at dawn Saturday, will be buried in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold, instead of native village of Uwja, Sky News English TV channel reported Saturday night.

Saddam's body was shown on TV

A frame grab from Biladi shows former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's body after his execution in Baghdad Dec. 30, 2006. Hussein was hanged for crimes against humanity at dawn on Saturday, a dramatic, violent end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before he was toppled by a U.S. invasion four years ago.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- The body in a white shroud of former Iraqi president of Saddam Hussein was shown on Saturday on al-Jazeera English TV channel.

The channel showed Saddam lying with his neck twisted to one side at an awkward angle, with what appeared to be blood or a bruise on his left cheek.

Car bomb kills 30, wounds 45 in S Baghdad

At least 30 people were killed and more than 45 others wounded when a car bomb went off Saturday at a busy market in Kufa town near the holy Shiite city of Najaf, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 people were killed and more than 45 others wounded when a car bomb went off Saturday at a busy market in Kufa town near the holy Shiite city of Najaf, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua.