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Baghdad - The United States will transfer legal custody of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the new Iraqi government in a week. A coalition official made the comment Monday, hours after the U.S. handed over power in Iraq to the country's new government. Saddam has been held in U.S. custody in an undisclosed location since his arrest in December 2003. According to the report, Iraq will have legal custody of Saddam but he will remain in the hands of American troops because Iraq doesn't have a prison secure enough to hold him. He has been granted prisoner of war status and is expected to be tried by the newly created Iraqi Special Tribunal. His wife, Sajidah, has hired a large team of foreign lawyers to represent him. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia - Officials in Saudi Arabia said Monday they would keep oil flowing to the world and make up for any shortfall resulting from violence in Iraq. The president of the kingdom's state oil company made the commitment. While insurgents have targeted oil production in Iraq, Saudi Arabia hasn't seen the same violence aimed at the oil industry. Gaghdad - Iraq's new government was formally sworn in on Monday after the United States transferred sovereignty to the country two days ahead of schedule. The early handover was an apparent bid to halt insurgents who may have tried to sabotage the handover, which was supposed to happen on June 30.
