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Saturday | PhillyBurbs.com

Congressmen offer views on terror attack trial

Dent fears the CIA will be brought into question. Murphy wants a speedy death for terrorists.

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Related Topix: US News, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Politics, Barack Obama

Fri Nov 27, 2009

New York Times

Official Charged With Closing Guantanamo Quits

The Defense Department official in charge of closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, has resigned after only seven months in the job, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Daily Times

Guantanamo novel for teenagers in line for UK prize

A novel for teenagers about the US prison in Guantanamo Bay written by a rock star's wife was nominated Wednesday for a prestigious children's book prize in Britain.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Pop/Rock, Dire Straits

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Caribbean Net News

Cubans scamper to avoid dreaded blackouts

Cubans are scrambling to turn off lights and appliances and children are going door to door reminding them to do just that under a government threat of dreaded blackouts if energy consumption is not reduced through the end of the year.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Journal-Courier.net

Schock wants to prohibit federal funding of Guantanamo transfers

Congressman Aaron Schock introduced legislation Tuesday that would prohibit federal money from being used to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Aaron Schock, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, John Shimkus, Guantanamo Bay, Camp Delta

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Gazette

Muslims ponder implications of prisoners from Guantanamo

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 by Admin . The nation's focus on the village of Thomson, Ill., is giving pause to Muslims in the neighboring community of Clinton.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Clinton, IA, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

Philippines News.net

Two Guantanamo detainees freed by Algerian court

It has been reported from Algeria that a court has acquitted two former detainees of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News

The Daily Gazette

Guantanamo not surprised deadline wona t be met

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba – Guards didn't go through the prison camps Wednesday and unpin the presidential closure order from detainee bulletin boards.

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Related Topix: Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News, US Military, US Navy

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Examiner.com

Thomson correctional center should not house Guantanamo detainees

For nearly eight years years the people in Thomson, Illinois and the surrounding area have waited for Thomson Correctional Center to open.

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Related Topix: Thomson, IL, Illinois, Illinois Government, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons, Guantanamo Bay

Free Republic

Algeria court acquits 2 former Guantanamo inmates

An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said.

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Related Topix: 9, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Asia, Afghanistan

New York Times

Sept. 11 Defendant Is Said to Want Trial

The five men the Justice Department has said will be charged in the attacks of Sept.

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Related Topix: Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Free Republic

Another Clinton backstabber goes down in flames: Obama fires Greg Craig for Guantanamo fiasco

According to POLITICO, Obama's fans in the Beltway are shocked, shocked that he and his White House minions scapegoat White House General Counsel Greg Craig for Obama's failed promise to close Guantanamo in one year.

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Ventura County Star

Judge orders Algerian freed from Guantanamo

A federal judge Friday ordered the Obama administration to free a long-held Guantanamo captive who fled his native Algeria years ago and kicked around Europe as a construction worker for a decade before his capture in Pakistan.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, US Supreme Court

Bloomberg

Illinois Prison Could Host Military Trials for Guantanamo Terror Detainees

The Obama administrationa s review of an Illinois prison as a home for Guantanamo Bay detainees includes examining whether it could host military trials, an administration official said.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Illinois, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Associated Content

Obama: Guantanamo Deadline Likely to Be Missed

The American Forces Press Service reported November 18 that President Barack Obama has acknowledged that his deadline for closing the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will probably not be met.

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CNN

Concerns about H1N1 at the Hajj, a proposal to move Guantanamo...

Download PDF maps related to today's show: Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Science / Technology, NASA, China, Asia, Hu Jintao, Thomson, IL

Los Angeles Times

Remaining detainees leave Guantanamo's closure up in air

Reporting from Washington - The Obama administration took an important step toward closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when it announced plans Friday to prosecute the accused Sept.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, World News, Thomson Correctional Center, State Prisons

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Gazette

Harkin favors moving Guantanamo detainees to western Illinois prison

Posted on Nov 19, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . The Obama administration is considering buying the Thomson Correctional Facility in rural northwestern Illinois, about 15 miles northeast of Clinton, Iowa, to house terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Thomson, IL, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Amnesty International USA

USA: Amnesty International Asks Why Obama Can't Close Guantanamo by His Deadline

Human rights organization says detainees need to be charged and tried in a federal court or released immediately; no more excuses Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA executive director, issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama's remarks that the U.S.-controlled detention facility at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, will not be ...

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Related Topix: Activism, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

CBS News

Behind Missed Gitmo Deadline: Detainees Unwanted

President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison - partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News, Camp Delta, Cuba, World News, Activism

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