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Security tightens more as Olympics get under way
Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west. The Beijing Games' glittering...Tags: Armed Forces, Hu Jintao, Government, Multi-Sport Events, Guerrilla Activity
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Plan to impeach Musharraf stirs Pakistan turmoil
Chicago Tribune correspondentKABUL, Afghanistan — The announcement that Pakistan's ruling coalition plans to impeach President Pervez Musharraf plunged the nuclear power into another phase of uncertainty Thursday, just as Washington is pushing the government to ratchet up its...Tags: Armed Forces, Parliament, Civil Unrest, Pervez Musharraf, Government
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Islamic group threatens Olympic transport
Police shut down the bustling International Bazaar in the capital of China's restive Muslim region of Xinjiang on Friday amid threats from an Islamic group that attackers might target buses, trains and planes during the Olympics. A sign at the entrance...Tags: Olympic Games, Prosecution, Hu Jintao, Civil Unrest, Government
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Hamdan receives light sentence
The Swampby James Oliphant A military jury in Guantanamo Thursday gave Salim Hamdan a surprisingly light sentence of 5 1/2 years. And since Hamdan has already been imprisoned at the Navy base for five years, his sentence would be completed sometime......Tags: Prosecution, Armed Forces, Government, Osama bin Laden, Wars and Interventions
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Musharraf Impeachment Could Bring Pakistani Turmoil, U.S. Worry
McClatchy NewspapersThe leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition Thursday said they'd seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, a move that could ignite a political firestorm even as the government is under mounting American pressure to crack down on Islamic insurgents...Tags: Olympic Games, Parliament, Armed Forces, Civil Unrest, Pervez Musharraf
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Holes in anthrax case not novel
In case I ever turn up dead while being investigated by the Feds, and they release all the suspicious stuff they've uncovered about me, let me explain right now why I recently Googled "novel kill scientist poisoned strawberry." I was not trying to find a...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, David Letterman, Osama bin Laden, Guerrilla Activity, Grey's Anatomy
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Hamdan case sets stage for bigger trials at Guantanamo
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrom the start, the military trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan had the makings of a mock trial, an exercise in testing the system. Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden, hardly fit the profile of a major war criminal. And for him, the stakes were low. He...Tags: Prosecution, Government, Lawyers, Local Authority, Justice and Rights
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Al-Arian trial postponed as judge questions case
Associated Press WriterThe trial of a former Florida professor once accused of being a leading Palestinian terrorist was postponed Friday after a judge raised new doubts about whether prosecutors have been overzealous. Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-...Tags: Prosecution, Elections, Local Authority, Extradition, Trials
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Wis. school linked to address on anthrax envelopes
Associated Press WriterThe fictitious return address left on some envelopes during the 2001 anthrax attacks may have been a reference to a Wisconsin school, investigators say. The significance of the address used in anthrax mailings to Capitol Hill in October 2001 -- "4th...Tags: Maryland, Protestant, Wisconsin, Tom Daschle, Lawyers
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Bin Laden's Driver Gets 5 1/2 Years in Prison
Associated PressGUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- A military jury sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism Thursday, making him eligible for release in just six months, despite prosecutors' pleas to give him no less than 30...Tags: Armed Forces, Lawyers, Osama bin Laden, Guerrilla Activity, Armed Conflicts
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Bin Laden driver sentenced to 5 1/2 years
The New York TimesSalim Ahmed Hamdan, the convicted former driver for Osama bin Laden, was sentenced Thursday to 66 months in prison by the military panel that convicted him of a war crime Wednesday. The unexpectedly short sentence was far less than military prosecutors...Tags: Prosecution, Court Preliminary, Punishment, Osama bin Laden, Trials
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Questions remain despite conviction of ex-bin Laden driver
Washington BureauWASHINGTON—The government has been trying to prosecute and convict Salim Ahmed Hamdan for war crimes for five years. On Wednesday, a Guantanamo Bay military jury found Hamdan guilty of supporting terrorism, and he now faces life in prison. So,...Tags: Prosecution, Constitutional Issues, Lawyers, Local Authority, John McCain
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