DUBAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The body of Saddam Hussein was flown onboard a U.S. plane to his family hometown of Tikrit on Saturday where it was handed over to tribal leaders for burial, a defence lawyer said.

Lebanese lawyer Bushra al-Khalil told Reuters the body of the former leader who was hanged at dawn for crimes against humanity was now in Tikrit.

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