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Pakistani Brothers Freed From Guantanamo Prison After 20 Years, Sent Home
Two Pakistani brothers, Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, have been freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay after more than 20 years in detention and repatriated, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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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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Pentagon Announces Single Largest Transfer Of Guantanamo Inmates
U.S. officials said on Monday 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during President Barack Obama's administration.
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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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Pentagon To Send About A Dozen Guantanamo Inmates To Other Countries Soon
The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a US official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama's final push to close the facility.
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US Can Still Close Guantanamo Before Barack Obama Leaves: White House
The Obama administration still has time to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison before the president leaves office, the White House said on Friday, adding that it is continuing to work on transferring detainees from the center.
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Barack Obama Considering Array of Options for Closing Guantanamo Prison: White House
The White House is considering a "wide array" of options for closing the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday, declining to rule out executive action as an option.
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Belgium Arrests 2 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Terrorism Charges
Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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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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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Asks Argentina to Take in Others
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay after staging a hunger strike appealed Thursday to neighboring Argentina to take in more prisoners from the controversial US military detention center.
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Estonia to Monitor Freed Guantanamo Inmate
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner released to Estonia as part of efforts to empty the controversial US military detention centre poses no "major threat" but will be monitored, the Estonian interior ministry said Thursday.
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Obama Vows to 'Do Everything I Can' to Close Guantanamo
United States President Barack Obama has said, in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday, that he will do "everything I can" to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after four Afghan detainees held there were sent home.
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Pope Francis Offers US Help in Closing Guantanamo
The Vatican on Monday offered to help the United States in its efforts to close Guantanamo prison, a goal fervently supported by Pope Francis.
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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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Dark side of America's war on terror
Civil rights groups say torture is still continuing in Guantanamo where detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed.
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Pakistani Brothers Freed From Guantanamo Prison After 20 Years, Sent Home
Two Pakistani brothers, Abdul and Mohammed Rabbani, have been freed from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay after more than 20 years in detention and repatriated, the Pentagon said Thursday.
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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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Pentagon Announces Single Largest Transfer Of Guantanamo Inmates
U.S. officials said on Monday 15 inmates from the Guantanamo prison were transferred to the United Arab Emirates, the single largest transfer of Guantanamo detainees during President Barack Obama's administration.
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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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Pentagon To Send About A Dozen Guantanamo Inmates To Other Countries Soon
The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a US official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama's final push to close the facility.
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US Can Still Close Guantanamo Before Barack Obama Leaves: White House
The Obama administration still has time to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison before the president leaves office, the White House said on Friday, adding that it is continuing to work on transferring detainees from the center.
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Barack Obama Considering Array of Options for Closing Guantanamo Prison: White House
The White House is considering a "wide array" of options for closing the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday, declining to rule out executive action as an option.
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Belgium Arrests 2 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates on Terrorism Charges
Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said on Friday.
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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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Ex-Guantanamo Inmate Asks Argentina to Take in Others
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay after staging a hunger strike appealed Thursday to neighboring Argentina to take in more prisoners from the controversial US military detention center.
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Estonia to Monitor Freed Guantanamo Inmate
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner released to Estonia as part of efforts to empty the controversial US military detention centre poses no "major threat" but will be monitored, the Estonian interior ministry said Thursday.
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Obama Vows to 'Do Everything I Can' to Close Guantanamo
United States President Barack Obama has said, in a TV interview set for broadcast on Sunday, that he will do "everything I can" to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after four Afghan detainees held there were sent home.
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Pope Francis Offers US Help in Closing Guantanamo
The Vatican on Monday offered to help the United States in its efforts to close Guantanamo prison, a goal fervently supported by Pope Francis.
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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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Dark side of America's war on terror
Civil rights groups say torture is still continuing in Guantanamo where detainees on hunger strike are being force-fed.
