Hasan Hadi's tragicomedy about Iraqi kids' big-city misadventures layers charm, insight and drama.

Hasan Hadi’s film The President’s Cake centres on a deceptively simple premise: every year, schoolchildren were selected to ...

Iraq says a high-level officer during Saddam Hussein's rule has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a ...

Hasan Hadi’s Cannes-winning debut follows nine-year-old Lamia on a tense, tender race to bake Saddam’s birthday cake—set against Iraq’s haunting marshlands.

Taking place during 1990s Iraq, “The President’s Cake” serves as a glimpse into life under dictator Saddam Hussein as 9-year-old Lamia attempts to bake a cake for his birthday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saddam Hussein cared more about his place in Iraq's history than the opinion of the citizenry he ruled over, said the former ...

Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to make a birthday cake for the Iraqi president, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients ...

It was one of the largest manhunts in history. Having been ousted from power following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, the country’s once all-powerful and ruthless leader, went into ...

B A G H D A D, Iraq, July 1, 2004 -- Defiant, belligerent and a little anxious, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein appeared before a single Iraqi judge in a courtroom near Baghdad today to hear ...

Now that the handover of sovereignty in Iraq has happened, Saddam Hussein will face justice. Organized under the Coalition Provisional Authority, the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity ...

Nov. 5, 2006 — -- Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants have been found guilty of murder and crimes against humanity, and sentenced to death by hanging over the 1982 killings of 148 people in the ...

Iraq executes former Major General Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi for his role in the 1980 killing of Shiite cleric Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr.