Across Asia: Iraq

Aziz seeks help for lawyer

Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants, asked an Iraqi court yesterday to help annul an arrest warrant against his lawyer so that he can defend him in his trial on charges of crimes against humanity.

Aziz and seven other defendants could face the death penalty if convicted in connection with the 1992 executions of dozens of Baghdad merchants accused of driving up food prices.