Saddam Hussein ended a boycott of his trial on charges of crimes against humanity by appearing in court today.
He claimed later, however, that he was forced into the Baghdad courtroom.
Two further witnesses were heard in a short session today, and depositions from a number of others were read into the record.
The trial has been adjourned until tomorrow.
Defence lawyers and then Saddam Hussein himself had walked out of the court during a stormy session on 29 January in protest at the new presiding judge's decision to expel Saddam's half brother and former secret police chief, Barzan al-Tikriti, for being disruptive.
Saddam Hussein, his seven co-defendants and their lawyers boycotted the subsequent trial session and had been expected to continue that stance today.
The defence team had set a number of conditions before they would return, including replacing presiding Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman and the tribunal's prosecutor Jaafar al-Mussawi.
They also demanded bolstering security for counsel after two of its members were killed at the start of the trial.
And they were insisting on the trial's continuous television transmission to ensure that the proceedings are 'transparent and fair'.
