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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 full military trial at Guantanamo Bay.
Musharraf faces impeachment bid
Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf.
Beijing pollution efforts hailed
IOC President Jacques Rogge insists the air quality in China's capital Beijing poses no threat to Olympic athletes.
Top Italian car designer killed
Andrea Pininfarina, head of the Italian car designer of Ferraris and Fiats, is killed in a road accident in Turin.
Anthrax victim's widow speaks out
A US widow demands to know why a "certifiable" scientist now suspected of anthrax attacks was not removed from his post.
Net address bug worse than feared
A weakness in the plumbing of the internet could be much more destructive than first thought, says the man who found it.
Burma comic charged over aid runs
The US first lady calls for Burma's military junta to hold dialogue with the opposition, as she visits a border refugee camp.
Zimbabwe talks 'making progress'
Zimbabwe's power-sharing talks are making significant progress, says South Africa, which has been mediating the talks.
Actor Freeman 'in divorce action'
The lawyer of Morgan Freeman says the actor is getting a divorce from his wife of 24 years.
'Can anyone hear that picture?'
US scientists have discovered people who can "hear" what they see.
Under pressure
Musharraf's options after impeachment decision
Global problem
How has the credit crunch hit different parts of the world?
Day in pictures
Some striking images from around the world
War footing
Georgia's clashes with rebels raise fears of new conflict
Embassy bombs
"Ten years on my anger has gone, but I cannot forget"
Nothing to hide?
Martian finding sends rumour mill into overdrive
Coup demonstrations in Mauritania
Mauritanians demonstrate for and against a military coup that toppled the country's democratically elected president.
Morales calls for Bolivian unity
Bolivia's President Morales urges unity as tension rises ahead of a vote on whether he and governors should stay in office.
Anwar charged with sodomy
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is formally charged with sodomy, an accusation he says is politically motivated.
Georgia offers rebels ceasefire
Georgia offers the separatist South Ossetian authorities an immediate ceasefire to stop escalating fighting.
Syrian dissident economist freed
Syrian dissident economist Aref Dalila is freed by the authorities after serving nearly seven years in jail.
Deadly clash in tribal Pakistan
At least five Pakistani troops and about 25 pro-Taleban militants die in clashes along the Afghan border, say officials.
Options 'kept open' on stamp duty
The Treasury is looking at "a number of options" on stamp duty and says it is "wrong" to suggest payment delays are proposed.
Eurozone rates on hold at 4.25%
The European Central Bank maintains eurozone interest rates at 4.25% after its latest meeting.
Hope for end to rejection drugs
Scientists develop procedure which may help transplant patients avoid the need to take anti-rejection drugs.
Cern lab set for beam milestone
A vast physics experiment - the Large Hadron Collider - is to reach a key milestone ahead of an official start-up in September.
Ledger inquiry 'is to be dropped'
Investigators are to drop a criminal case into how Heath Ledger obtained two painkillers that contributed to his death.
BT injects life into its network
Ideas from researchers creating artificial life are helping to keep BT's network running.
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