[JURIST] Baghdad's Criminal Court has postponed [AP report] the trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president Tariq al-Hashimi until a federal court rules in a pending case on whether the president and other lawmakers can be questioned by the defense as witnesses, according to a lawyer for al-Hashimi. The trial began [Reuters report] in May without the presence of al-Hasimi. He is being charged with inciting violence in the country, including allegedly organizing death squads. Al-Hashimi is currently residing in...

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