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Bin Laden driver gets 66 months
Hamdan avoids 30-year sentence called for by prosecutors after conviction for supporting terrorism.
The next Guantanamo tribunals
Mistrial demand in Guantanamo case
Video: Sketching US military trials
Leader of the country's ruling coalition calls the move "good news for democracy".
Monitoring group says video on internet shows an explosion over a Beijing venue.
Heavy fighting erupts in S Ossetia
Mauritania police break up protests
Bush rebukes China on human rights
Malaysia opposition leader charged
Colombia considers Afghan mission
Syria frees democracy activist
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Opening ceremonies have become as much a part of the Olympics as the sport itself.
Hosni Mubarak's government is preparing a new law targeting audio-visual media.
Politics and protest are as much a part of the Olympics as muscle and sweat.
Chinese Canadians choose which country to cheer for at the Olympics.
The nation of 1.3 billion has repeatedly failed to impress at the games.