conspiracy
to destroy government buildings, carries a minimum sentence of 20 years. Mr Ghailani asked for leniency, but he received a life sentence without parole.
An American-educated billionaire, Najib Mikati, has been
appoint
ed prime minister of Lebanon amid an
outcry
by supporters of his pro-Western predecessor Saad Hariri. Mr Mikati is the preferred choice of the militant Hezbollah group and secured the job following a vote by members of parliament. He said he wants his government to serve all of Lebanon.
"I
look forward to
seeing the new government act as one that faces with the sense of collective national responsibility, all the challenges awaiting us and one that
lives up to
the aspirations and hopes of the Lebanese people."
The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a government dominated by Hezbollah would influence Lebanon's relations with the US.
The Russian authorities have begun a criminal investigation into security at a Moscow airport where a bomb killed 35 people on Monday. President Dmitry Medvedev called for security officials to be punished. No group has said it carried out the attack.
World News from the BBC
The human rights watchdog, the Council of Europe, has called for a fresh investigation into allegations that Kosovo Liberation Army rebels were involved in organised crime and the trafficking of human organs. The council adopted a report carried out by its investigator which says organs were taken from prisoners of war killed by the KLA after the Kosovo conflict with Serbian forces in 1999.