Osama bin Laden’s former driver was jailed today after being convicted of supporting terrorism in the first US war crimes trial since the Second World War.

A JURY of six military officers at Guantanamo Bay reached a split verdict yesterday in the war crimes trial of a former driver for Osama bin Laden, clearing him of some charges, but convicting him of others that could send him to prison for life.

A Pentagon jury will consider its a verdict on a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden today as the US nears completion of its first war crimes trial since the Second World War.

OSAMA BIN LADEN’s former driver offered the terrorist leader aid and protection that helped make the September 11 attacks possible, prosecutors said yesterday in closing arguments at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial.

A Moroccan prisoner released from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2004, was Osama bin Laden’s top bodyguard, the war crimes trial of the terror leader’s driver heard.

A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on September 11 2001, his war crimes trial was told.

A FORMER driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on September 11, a prosecutor said yesterday as he sought to undercut defence arguments that the Guantanamo prisoner was a low-level employee of the terrorist leader.

The judge in the first American war crimes trial since the Second World War barred evidence obtained by interrogators from Osama bin Laden’s driver, ruling he was subjected to “highly coercive” conditions in Afghanistan.

THE first Guantanamo war crimes trial began yesterday with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

The first Guantanamo war crimes trial began today with a not guilty plea from a former driver and alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

THE first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin next Monday, a federal judge has ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended.

A one-time driver for Osama bin Laden helped the FBI try to track down his boss after being captured in Afghanistan, his former interrogators testified.

The imminent start of war crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay has been thrown into doubt by a US Supreme Court ruling that detainees have constitutional rights and can appeal to civilian courts.

A military judge has disqualified a Pentagon legal official from participating in the Guantanamo war crimes trial against a former driver for Osama bin Laden, saying he lacks independence.

DUBAI’S crown prince paid $2.7 million (€1.7m) for a camel during a desert festival celebrating Bedouin traditions in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, according to state-run media on Tuesday.

In a stunning turnaround, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay says he will be a defence witness for the driver of terror chief Osama bin Laden.

Osama bin Laden’s driver is to become the first terrorism suspect to face trial at Guantanamo Bay.

WITH one word — “unlawful” — the only two war-crimes trials against Guantanamo detainees fell apart in a single day, marking a stunning setback to Washington’s attempts to try dozens of detainees in their military courts.

Military judges have dismissed charges against a Guantanamo detainee who chauffeured Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a US soldier in Afghanistan.

The US filed charges of conspiracy and providing support for terrorism today against a Guantanamo detainee accused of working as a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden.

An Associated Press photographer was released late tonight after a harrowing day in the hands of Palestinian gunmen who abducted him at gunpoint in Gaza - the latest in a string of kidnappings of foreigners in the chaotic area.

Palestinian gunmen kidnapped an Associated Press photographer in the Gaza Strip today, grabbing him as he walked out of his apartment and whisking him away in their vehicle, a witness said.

Militants holding an Israeli soldier today said they would give no further information about him because Israel ignored a deadline to release Palestinian prisoners.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President George W Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The Supreme Court ruled today that President George Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

A Hamas official close to the Islamic movement’s exiled leader today described Israel’s detention of dozens of Palestinian Cabinet ministers and MPs belonging to the group as an act of hostage-taking that complicated efforts to trade a captured Israeli soldier for Arab prisoners.

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza could jeopardise the life of an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants, a senior Hamas official said today.

President George Bush said he would like to close the detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but was waiting for a US Supreme Court ruling on whether inmates could face military tribunals, it emerged today.

FEARS that a simmering dispute between rival international horse-breeding operations could escalate into open warfare and destabilise the multi-million dollar industry have been dismissed by industry leaders.

Osama Bin Laden’s driver, who is being held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, faces a trial by a military tribunal following a ruling by a federal appeals court in the US.

TOP hurdler Iris’s Gift’s recent injury setback could be less serious than first thought.

An Australian cowboy accused of fighting with Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban is next to go before a US military commission panel at Guantanamo Bay today, after the first hearing ended in a challenge to the members’ impartiality.

Osama bin Laden’s alleged bodyguard and chauffeur today becomes Guantanamo Bay’s first terror suspect brought before a US military commission that allows for secret evidence and no government appeals.

Four suspected al-Qaida fighters will be formally charged with war crimes this week as the US military opens the first legal hearings for foreign prisoners held at the US Navy base Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

ONE man allegedly worked as an al-Qaida accountant.

Israeli troops held a BBC TV camera crew and a Palestinian doctor at gunpoint for three hours in the West Bank town of Nablus today before setting them free.

Connections of Alkaadhem were today leaning towards running their progressive four-year-old in the 10-furlong Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot next Wednesday.

Brian Meehan has dismissed suggestions that it is asking the impossible for a filly to follow up a maiden-race victory by landing a Classic as he prepares Crystal for Friday’s Vodafone Oaks.

An appeal court in San Francisco has ruled that prisoners held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should have access to lawyers and the American court system.

Israeli troops today blew up the home of an Islamic Jihad gunman who killed two people, including a seven-month-old baby, in an attack on a West Bank settlement.

Six people are dead after Israeli troops launched several strikes against Palestinian terrorist suspects.

THE Palestinian Cabinet yesterday accepted Israel’s proposal to begin withdrawing troops from some parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in exchange for security guarantees.

Israeli tanks moved into the West Bank town of Hebron from three directions early today, destroying Palestinian police posts during a fierce exchange of fire, witnesses said.