Mr. Hussein was tried before the Iraqi High Tribunal, the court set up to prosecute the top officials of the ousted government.

The official went on to say the day-to-day work of the tribunal, investigating the crimes of the ousted government, had not been affected.

They demanded immediate reforms and swifter prosecution of former officials from the ousted government.

In their communique, the officials of the ousted government asked for international assistance in returning Rwandans to their homes.

American forces hunting for loyalists to Saddam Hussein's ousted government maintained an intense pace today, conducting 29 raids and arresting 241 people.

They listened more attentively to prosecution evidence, raised legal points and acted more like men on trial for their lives than as defiant legatees of an ousted government.

As far as reading about the ousted government itself, the period is still too raw for most.

Tens of thousands thought sympathetic to the ousted government were detained and systematically tortured.

Kowit had also been police chief under the ousted government of Thaksin Shinawatra.

The people who have been arrested are either senior members of the ousted government, human rights defenders or student and trade union leaders.