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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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US General John Baker Freed From Confinement At Guantanamo
A US Marine general who had been sentenced to confinement on the Guantanamo Bay naval base was freed Friday, two days after he had been found in contempt of military court.
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US Appeals Court Upholds Al Qaeda Publicist's Conviction
A US appeals court on Thursday upheld the last remaining conviction of a Yemeni man prosecuted in an American military court at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba for serving as a publicist for al Qaeda.
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Guantanamo Prisoner Says Saudi 'Royal' Involved In Terrorism
An accused al-Qaida bomb-maker who went to college in Arizona told military officials at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that he believed an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family was part of an effort to recruit him for violent extremist acts before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a newly released transcript.
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US Starts Expected Series Of Releases From Guantanamo Prison
A man from Yemen who spent the past 14 years in custody at Guantanamo Bay has been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Montenegro, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, marking the start of what is expected to be a new round of releases from the US base in Cuba.
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White House Tells Pentagon to Revise Guantanamo Report
The White House has asked the Pentagon to revise a report on how the military would close Guantanamo Bay and transfer inmates to the United States, a US official said Thursday.
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US Sends 6 Yemeni Prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for Resettlement
Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, the Pentagon said today, the latest step in President Barack Obama's slow push to close the facility.
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US Defends Decision to Swap Taliban for Captive Soldier
The United States on Sunday defended its decision to allow five Taliban detainees to be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar to secure the release of a US soldier held in Afghanistan, saying time was running short.
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US asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
A US federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its latest defense of a policy that critics have deemed unethical.
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9/11 accused due back in court at Guantanamo Bay
Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are due back in court as the US government tries to push the long-stalled case forward.
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Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown
The US military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats.
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Guantanamo defendants' legal documents were seized, say lawyers
Guards rifled through defendants' cells and seized their confidential legal documents while the accused were in the courtroom listening to assurances that no one reads their private attorney-client mail, defence lawyers charged on Thursday.
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Torture, secrecy on Guantanamo hearings menu
The specter of torture and the veil of secrecy will loom large over a new series of hearings starting on Monday at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the accused plotters of the September 11 attacks.
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Cuba marks 59th anniversary of revolution
Cuba marked the 59th anniversary on Thursday of the failed uprising against the Moncada military barracks that the island considers the beginning of Fidel Castro's revolution. The main celebration kicked off at sunrise at a plaza in the eastern province of Guantanamo, home to the US naval base of the same name.
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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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US General John Baker Freed From Confinement At Guantanamo
A US Marine general who had been sentenced to confinement on the Guantanamo Bay naval base was freed Friday, two days after he had been found in contempt of military court.
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US Appeals Court Upholds Al Qaeda Publicist's Conviction
A US appeals court on Thursday upheld the last remaining conviction of a Yemeni man prosecuted in an American military court at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba for serving as a publicist for al Qaeda.
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Guantanamo Prisoner Says Saudi 'Royal' Involved In Terrorism
An accused al-Qaida bomb-maker who went to college in Arizona told military officials at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that he believed an unnamed member of the Saudi royal family was part of an effort to recruit him for violent extremist acts before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to a newly released transcript.
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US Starts Expected Series Of Releases From Guantanamo Prison
A man from Yemen who spent the past 14 years in custody at Guantanamo Bay has been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Montenegro, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, marking the start of what is expected to be a new round of releases from the US base in Cuba.
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White House Tells Pentagon to Revise Guantanamo Report
The White House has asked the Pentagon to revise a report on how the military would close Guantanamo Bay and transfer inmates to the United States, a US official said Thursday.
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US Sends 6 Yemeni Prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for Resettlement
Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, the Pentagon said today, the latest step in President Barack Obama's slow push to close the facility.
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US Defends Decision to Swap Taliban for Captive Soldier
The United States on Sunday defended its decision to allow five Taliban detainees to be transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Qatar to secure the release of a US soldier held in Afghanistan, saying time was running short.
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US asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding
A US federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its latest defense of a policy that critics have deemed unethical.
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9/11 accused due back in court at Guantanamo Bay
Five Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of helping orchestrate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are due back in court as the US government tries to push the long-stalled case forward.
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Guantanamo hack threat prompts WiFi shutdown
The US military has shut down wireless internet service at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba because of online hacking threats.
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Guantanamo defendants' legal documents were seized, say lawyers
Guards rifled through defendants' cells and seized their confidential legal documents while the accused were in the courtroom listening to assurances that no one reads their private attorney-client mail, defence lawyers charged on Thursday.
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Torture, secrecy on Guantanamo hearings menu
The specter of torture and the veil of secrecy will loom large over a new series of hearings starting on Monday at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the accused plotters of the September 11 attacks.
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Cuba marks 59th anniversary of revolution
Cuba marked the 59th anniversary on Thursday of the failed uprising against the Moncada military barracks that the island considers the beginning of Fidel Castro's revolution. The main celebration kicked off at sunrise at a plaza in the eastern province of Guantanamo, home to the US naval base of the same name.
