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    Bin Laden driver given 66 months
    Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison at the first US military trial in Guantanamo Bay.
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:57:38 GMT
    Heavy fighting in South Ossetia
    Georgian forces and South Ossetian separatists resume exchanging heavy fire just hours after agreeing a truce.
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:33:23 GMT
    World leaders gather for Olympics
    Leaders from around the world arrive in the Chinese capital, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:44:43 GMT
    Musharraf faces impeachment bid
    Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:09:56 GMT

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    Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years (AP)

    In this Thursday, July 24, 2008 file photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, defendant Salim Ahmed Hamdan, left, watches as FBI agent Craig Donnachie testifies about his interrogations of Hamdan, while a picture of disguised U.S. agents is displayed on a screen, during Hamdan's trial inside the war crimes courthouse at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, in Cuba. A jury of six military officers reached a split verdict on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008, in the war crimes trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, clearing him of some charges but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life. The judge scheduled a sentencing hearing for later Wednesday.(AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)AP - A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.


    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:56:23 GMT
    Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave (AP)

    In this photo released by the US Army on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008, U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, G Troop, Task Force 1-35, 2nd Brigade Combat Team move out on patrol in search of weapons caches with an attachment of Iraqi Army soldiers during Operation Iron Pursuit on Monday, July 28, 2008 in 7 Nissan village, Diyala province, Iraq. Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S. forces gone about three years later. (AP Photo/US Army, Sgt. Eric C. Hein, HO)AP - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.


    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:17:21 GMT

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    Caucasus in crisis: Georgia invades rebel region
    The Caucasus descended into crisis after Georgian troops launched a full-scale assault against Moscow-backed rebels.
    Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:20:21 +0100
    Osama bin Laden's ex-driver jailed for 66 months
    Osama bin Laden's ex-driver, Salim Hamdan, has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment for supporting terrorism at the first US military trial in Guantanamo Bay.
    Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:12:42 +0100
    Beijing Olympics opening ceremony timeline
    The opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad begins at 8.08pm on 08.08.08. In China, eight is considered a lucky number and the date was chosen specially for its perceived good fortune.
    Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:52:48 +0100

 

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