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Fighting Escalates in Georgian Breakaway Province

By Admin, PBS News Hour

Georgian troops launched a major offensive Friday to exert control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia, while Russian tanks and airplanes moved in to defend the pro-Russian enclave.

Loyal LA Times Readers Lament Cuts at Paper

NewsHour Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming laments the newsroom cuts and budget woes of her hometown newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.

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Athletes Rev Up for Start of the Beijing Games

Crowds cheered Thursday as the Olympic torch made its way through Beijing, heralding the official start of the games on Friday. Ray Suarez talks to Sports Illustrated writer Brian Cazeneuve about the athletes to watch.

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Bin Laden's Driver Receives 5 1/2 Year Prison Sentence

A military tribunal jury sentenced Salim Hamdan, the former driver of Osama bin Laden, to five and a half years in prison Thursday. A Miami Herald reporter details the courtroom proceedings and what lies ahead for the Yemeni detainee.

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Bin Laden's Ex-Driver Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years

By Admin, PBS News Hour

A military jury on Thursday sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver, Samil Hamdan, to 5 1/2 years in prison, making him eligible for parole in six months. Hamdan was convicted Wednesday on charges of providing material support for terrorism.

Military Leaders in Mauritania Vow to Hold Elections After Toppling President

By PBS News Hour

Leaders of a military coup that ousted Mauritania's first freely elected president in more than 20 years, Sidi Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, promised Thursday to hold "free and transparent" elections to replace him.

Jury Delivers Split Verdict in First Gitmo Trial

By Admin, PBS News Hour

A military jury convicted a former driver and alleged bodyguard for terror leader Osama bin Laden on charges of providing material support for terrorism Wednesday, but acquitted him on more serious conspiracy charges.

Nations to Mull New Sanctions Against Iran for Nuclear Program

By PBS News Hour

Six world powers agreed Wednesday to start considering a fourth U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran because of its refusal to end its nuclear program.

Russian Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89

Acclaimed Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote extensively about the gulag prison system and won the Nobel literature prize for his books on abuses in the Soviet Union, died Sunday at age 89 after a reclusive life fraught with challenges.

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Dozens Killed in Clashes in Northwest Pakistan

By PBS News Hour

At least 94 Islamist militants, 14 soldiers and 28 civilians were killed in battles in the Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley over the past week, while the country's army is planning a major operation against the militants, the army said Monday.