MOUSSAOUI TAKES STAND AT HIS TRIAL

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Osama bin Laden's former driver, whose trial tested the Bush administration's military commission system, will be returned to Yemen, the U.S. military said.

Many observers predict U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will face many obstacles during his term that have the potential to endanger the American reputation.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008.

RABAT, Morocco, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in his native Morocco, officials said Monday.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Taliban control more than half of Afghanistan, the group's spokesman told the BBC in a telephone interview from a secret location.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Terror leader Osama bin Laden is alive, CIA Director Michael Hayden said Thursday in a speech in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Calif., Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Members of Barack Obama's team vowed the incoming U.S. administration would ramp up the pursuit of fugitive al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- As new U.S. Central Command chief Gen. David Petraeus got a firsthand look at the worsening security situation in Afghanistan last week, he heard from some U.S., British and Afghan officials that the best way forward is to engage in peace talks with the Taliban. Such talks have already even tentatively begun. This is a bad idea.