US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Military jurors found Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan not guilty Wednesday on terrorist conspiracy charges but convicted him on the lesser charge of providing material support to terrorism.

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Military jurors on Wednesday found Osama bin Laden's former driver guilty of providing material support to terrorism in the first US war crimes trial since World War II.

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - A US military jury reached a verdict Wednesday in the controversial 'war on terror' war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan, an official said.

Authorities said they would make an announcement momentarily about their decision in the case, the first US military war crimes tribunal since World War II.

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - A US military jury resumed deliberations for a third day Wednesday in the 'war on terror' war crimes trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan.

KHARTOUM, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Sudanese Justice Minister Abdul Basit Sabdarat on Tuesday appointed a special prosecutor to probe alleged crimes in the war-torn western region of Darfur and with the power to take cases to court.

TEHRAN, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Iran's judiciary has decided to scrap the punishment of stoning convicts to death in a bill submitted to parliament for approval, the local press reported on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Texas put to death a Mexican convicted murderer late Tuesday, defying a ruling from the International Court of Justice and ignoring a last-minute appeal from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - US military jurors are to resume deliberations on Wednesday in the trial against Osama bin Laden's driver, even though defense lawyers and rights advocates have dismissed the 'war on terror' tribunal system as fundamentally unfair.

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - The state of Texas executed a Mexican convicted murderer on Tuesday, ignoring a last minute appeal from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and a world court order asking for a reprieve.

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Texas executed a Mexican convicted murderer on Tuesday, a prison spokesman said, despite a last-minute appeal from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and a world court order asking for a reprieve.

Jose Ernesto Medellin, 33, 'was pronounced deceased at 9:57 pm,' Jason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, told AFP by telephone.