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Oldest Prisoner At Guantanamo Bay Camp To Be Extradited Soon: Pakistan
A 73-year-old man from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at the US base in Cuba will soon return to the country, the government informed the Senate on Friday.
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White House Concedes It Won't Close Guantanamo After All
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack Obama leaves office, conceding that a core campaign promise will go unfulfilled.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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September 11 Suspects' Treatment A Focus In Guantanamo Hearing
A pre-trial hearing for five Sept. 11 suspects began on Monday at Guantanamo Bay, with prisoners' treatment expected to be a focus of the US military court sessions.
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Barack Obama Considering all Options to Close Guantanamo
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama will use "every element of his authority" to push forward the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if Congress does not cooperate in this regard.
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Guantanamo Turned Inmates 'Halfway into Vegetables': Uruguay President Jose Mujica
Six former Guantanamo Bay prisoners sent to Uruguay as part of a push by President Barack Obama to close the US military's prison camp in Cuba were "turned halfway into vegetables" during their detention, outgoing President Jose Mujica said on Wednesday.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmates to Leave Uruguay Hospital
Six Guantanamo inmates being resettled in Uruguay will leave hospital "in a matter of hours" and begin new lives as free men in the South American country, the Defense Minister said today.
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6 Guantanamo Prisoners Fly to Uruguay for Resettlement
Six men held for more than a decade at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were flown to Uruguay for resettlement on Sunday, the latest step in a slow-moving push by President Barack Obama's administration to close the facility.
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Russia Bans US Congressman, 12 Other Americans From Entering the Country
Russia has placed a US lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.
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Guantanamo Bay camp burns through almost five crore rupees a year per inmate
It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some 900,000 dollars (around 4.85 crore rupees) per prisoner annually.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Oldest Prisoner At Guantanamo Bay Camp To Be Extradited Soon: Pakistan
A 73-year-old man from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility at the US base in Cuba will soon return to the country, the government informed the Senate on Friday.
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White House Concedes It Won't Close Guantanamo After All
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack Obama leaves office, conceding that a core campaign promise will go unfulfilled.
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For Guantanamo Prisoners, Questions Loom As Donald Trump's Era Begins
As journalists passed along a darkened corridor at the Guantanamo Bay lockup, a detainee displayed a hand-painted sign through the one-way glass of his cellblock: A white question mark against a blue background, the dot in the shape of a padlock.
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September 11 Suspects' Treatment A Focus In Guantanamo Hearing
A pre-trial hearing for five Sept. 11 suspects began on Monday at Guantanamo Bay, with prisoners' treatment expected to be a focus of the US military court sessions.
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Barack Obama Considering all Options to Close Guantanamo
The White House on Wednesday said that President Barack Obama will use "every element of his authority" to push forward the closing of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if Congress does not cooperate in this regard.
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Guantanamo Turned Inmates 'Halfway into Vegetables': Uruguay President Jose Mujica
Six former Guantanamo Bay prisoners sent to Uruguay as part of a push by President Barack Obama to close the US military's prison camp in Cuba were "turned halfway into vegetables" during their detention, outgoing President Jose Mujica said on Wednesday.
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Ex-Guantanamo Inmates to Leave Uruguay Hospital
Six Guantanamo inmates being resettled in Uruguay will leave hospital "in a matter of hours" and begin new lives as free men in the South American country, the Defense Minister said today.
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6 Guantanamo Prisoners Fly to Uruguay for Resettlement
Six men held for more than a decade at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were flown to Uruguay for resettlement on Sunday, the latest step in a slow-moving push by President Barack Obama's administration to close the facility.
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Russia Bans US Congressman, 12 Other Americans From Entering the Country
Russia has placed a US lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.
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Guantanamo Bay camp burns through almost five crore rupees a year per inmate
It's been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some 900,000 dollars (around 4.85 crore rupees) per prisoner annually.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
