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AP - A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.
AP - Iraq and the U.S. are near an agreement on all American combat troops leaving Iraq by October 2010, with the last soldiers out three years after that, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. officials, however, insisted no dates had been agreed.
AP - The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines.
AP - After months of internal bickering, Pakistan's governing coalition announced Thursday it will seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, cranking up pressure on the U.S.-backed former general to resign.
AP - A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis ? broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast.
AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Thursday talks were being held with a "large foreign company" about forming an alliance with Alitalia to save the cash-strapped national airline from bankruptcy.
B95 Antrim - Hightown Road closed both ways between the Derry Road junction and the B95 Hightown Road junction in Newtonabbey, because of roadworks. Diversion in operation.
Antrim - Finaghy Road North closed both ways between the Diamond Gardens junction and the Ardmore Park South junction in Belfast, because of roadworks. Diversion in operation.
North Ayrshire - Garnock Street closed both ways between the A760 Bridge Street junction and the A760 Newton Of Barr junction in Kilbirnie, possibility of flooding.
A735 East Ayrshire - Dunlop Road closed both ways between the A736 Lochlibo Road junction and the B706 Main Street junction in Lugton, because of bridge maintenance work. Diversion in operation.
A77 Glasgow City - Pollokshaws Road closed southbound at the Albert Drive junction in Pollokshields, because of major roadworks. Diversion in operation.
