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2 hours, 25 minutes ago

(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.Salim Hamdan's sentence of 5 1/2 years, including five years and a month already ...

Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver light sentence

4 hours, 49 minutes ago

(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.Salim Hamdan's sentence of 5 1/2 years, including five years and a month ...

Gitmo jury reaches sentence for bin Laden's driver

5 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) A military jury has reached a verdict on the sentence for Osama bin Laden's driver at the first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial.Salim Hamdan faces up to life in prison, and prosecutors are seeking a sentence of at least 30 years.The verdict is to be announced by the same panel ...

Brazil temporarily frees US nun's killers

5 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) Two men convicted in the 2005 killing of American nun and rainforest defender Dorothy Stang will be allowed to spend Brazilian Fathers' day at home, court officials said Thursday.A judge ordered Clodaldo Batista and Amair Feijoli da Cunha freed for five days to spend the Sunday holiday with their families.Each ...

Gitmo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years

5 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) A military jury has sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism, making him eligible for release in just six months. Salim Hamdan was acquitted of conspiracy in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.

Tropical Storm Hernan churns in Pacific

6 hours, 37 minutes ago

(AP) Tropical Storm Hernan gained strength on Thursday as it churned far off Mexico's Pacific coast.Hernan could reach hurricane strength over the next two days, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.The storm's winds have increased to almost 60 mph (95 kph), but it was moving west-northwest at about 11 mph ...

Brazil police find stolen paintings, make arrest

7 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) Brazilian police say they've recovered two stolen paintings but have yet to find a missing Picasso from a Sao Paulo art museum heist in June.Police spokesman Mauricio Rodrigues says officers recovered the paintings by Brazilian artists Emiliano DiCavalcanti and Lasar Segall on Wednesday night.Three of four paintings _ worth US$630,000 ...

Hugo Chavez sends diesel shipment to Paraguay

7 hours, 4 minutes ago

(AP) Venezuela has sent 70 million liters (18.5 million gallons) of diesel fuel to support Paraguay's incoming president.Paraguay oil company director Alejandro Takahashi says the fuel is a goodwill gesture from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and will be part of the country's strategic reserves.Leftist and former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo will ...

US seeks at least 30 years for bin Laden driver

7 hours, 28 minutes ago

(AP) Salim Hamdan pleaded with a military jury to spare him from a life in prison, apologizing Thursday for the "innocent people" who died in the Sept. 11 attacks and saying he worked as Osama bin Laden's driver only because he needed a job.Prosecutors asked for a sentence of no less ...

Prosecutors ask 30 years for bin Laden driver

9 hours, 16 minutes ago

(AP) Salim Hamdan pleaded with a military jury on Thursday to spare him from a life in prison, saying he worked as Osama bin Laden's driver because he needed a job. Prosecutors asked for a sentence of no less than 30 years.Hamdan, a Yemeni man with a fourth-grade education, was convicted ...

Bin Laden driver seeks leniency from Gitmo jury

10 hours, 1 minute ago

(AP) Salim Hamdan pleaded with a military jury on Thursday to spare him from a life in prison, saying he worked as Osama bin Laden's driver because he needed a job.Hamdan, a Yemeni man with a fourth-grade education, was convicted by the six Pentagon-appointed jurors of aiding terrorism by chauferring bin ...

Madeleine police file may offer family new leads

12 hours, 55 minutes ago

(AP) A team of legal experts in Lisbon is sifting through nearly 30,000 pages of police evidence on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and passing information to the British girl's family who have hired private investigators, one of their lawyers said Thursday.The McCanns hope the long-anticipated release of the previously secret ...

Bin Laden driver to seek leniency from Gitmo jury

17 hours, 55 minutes ago

(AP) Osama bin Laden's former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison Thursday, his defense lawyers said.Salim Hamdan wiped tears from his face on Wednesday as the panel of six military officers delivered a split verdict ...

Venezuelans protest Chavez's new socialist push

18 hours, 19 minutes ago

(AP) Riot police used tear gas Wednesday as they blocked hundreds of Venezuelans protesting what they call new moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power. The demonstrators said a blacklist barring key opposition candidates from elections and a series of socialist decrees are destroying what's left of their democracy.Though ...

Tropical storm forms off Mexico

21 hours, 19 minutes ago

(AP) Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hernan has formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to move farther out to sea.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that as of 0300 GMT (2300 EDT) Wednesday, Hernan was about 650 miles (1,050 kilometers) south-southwest of Baja California's tip and was moving ...