Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver light sentence
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for a sentence tough enough to frighten terrorists around the globe....
Iraqis: Deal close on plan for US troops to leave
BAGHDAD (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....
Pakistan's Musharraf faces impeachment
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, alleging the U.S.-backed former general had "eroded the trust of the nation" and increasing pressure on him to resign....
Chinese Islamic group threatens Olympic transport
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese Islamic faction that has threatened to attack the Olympics released a new video warning Muslims to stay away from the Beijing games and avoid buses, trains, planes and buildings used by Chinese, a U.S. group that monitors militant organizations said Thursday....
Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast....
10-year-old bullfighter sparks debate in France
PARIS (AP) -- He's a tiny torero, a bullfighter with a baby face. But 10-year-old Michelito has become the symbol of a debate much bigger than himself....
Iraqi cleric links truce, US withdrawal timetable
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr will call on his fighters to maintain a cease-fire against American troops but may lift the order if a planned Iraq-U.S. security agreement lacks a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces, a spokesman said Thursday....
American protester paints Beijing hotel rooms
BEIJING (AP) -- An American pastor checked into upscale hotels in the Olympics host city this week, filmed himself painting two of his rooms with slogans like "Beijing 2008 Our world Our nightmare" and then disappeared. Without paying....
US nuclear submarine leaked radiation over 2 years
TOKYO (AP) -- An American nuclear-powered submarine leaked radiation for more than two years, releasing the bulk of the material in its home port of Guam and at Pearl Harbor, Japanese and U.S. officials said Thursday....
After rebuke, Bush eager to embrace Olympics
BEIJING (AP) -- President Bush's Olympic odyssey started with a game of political one-upmanship Thursday, as his blunt critique of the host country prompted China to warn the U.S. president to stop meddling in its business....
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