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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism Wednesday, but cleared him of conspiracy charges in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania -- Army commanders ousted Mauritania's elected president after an increasingly bitter political fight over his ties to allies of a reviled former dictator and his overtures to Islamic radicals.

Troubles began early Wednesday when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi fired the country's top four generals, reportedly for supporting legislators who had accused him of corruption and disagreed with his reaching out to Islamic militants.

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Bin Laden's driver convicted, faces life

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver ...

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