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V.I. National Guard unit leaves for Guantanamo duty
There were tears on the faces of many people at Cyril King Airport on Monday morning as friends and families sent off 72 soldiers of the Virgin Islands National Guard 786th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.
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Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine bring the wit on The Audacity of Hype
The Audacity of Hype Revitalized by his collaborations with the Melvins, Jello Biafra, now in his 50s, has gone the next logical step and formed his own band.
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'US foreign policy is straight out of the Mafia'
Noam Chomsky is the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar.
Former Gitmo detainee vows to drag Musharraf to court for illegal imprisonment
A former prisoner, who was kept behind bars at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay for six years, has vowed to lodge a criminal case against former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf for arresting him illegally.
President Obama likes to preen himself on his supposed moral superiority to his predecessor.
Emerson: Gitmo detainees shouldn't be flu priority
Perry County's representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson said that plans to make the H1N1 flu shot available to detainees at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will put suspected terrorists ahead of American citizens.
Uygur leader to visit former Guantanamo detainees
Exiled Chinese Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer will travel to Palau as soon as next week to visit six fellow Uygurs released from Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman for the men said on Friday.
COMMENTARY: America can, and should, close down Guantanamo
Within days of taking office, President Barack Obama announced that he would close the prison at Guantanamo Bay by the end of this year.
Senate rejects bid aimed at Sept. 11 terrorists
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday turned back a GOP-led effort to bar Sept.
Amherst offers home to Guantanamo detainees
A Massachusetts town has voted in favor of inviting two men detained at Guantanamo Bay military prison to resettle in the community, if they are ultimately cleared of terrorism ties and released.
University of Michigan panel probing US security after Gitmo
A panel at the University of Michigan Law School is probing the future of U.S. security as the clock ticks down for the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Not a bad record for Obama's first year in office
It's been a year since a healthy majority of American voters elected Barack Obama to change the world.
Guantanamo detainees become SC political fodder
Reports that South Carolina may get detainees when Guantanomo Bay is shut down has roiled the political debate in South Carolina's governor's race.
Standish Max Prison Closes, Prospects Uncertain
Standish Maximum Correctional Facility has closed and it's still uncertain whether it will reopen to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay.
Obama's Broken Promise Of a New Tone
One year after the exuberant optimism that accompanied Barack Obama 's historic election, little has changed except the nation's mood.
Justice Department won't appeal order to free Guantanamo detainee
A Kuwaiti Airways engineer whom the U.S. military has accused of being a key aide to Osama bin Laden has been moved to the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center's minimum-security wing that's reserved for prisoners slated to be released.
US, lawyers concerned as Guantanamo's longest hunger striker loses weight
A Guantanamo prisoner who has been on hunger strike for more than four years is in critical danger from malnutrition, his lawyers said Tuesday.
Germany's Merkel an advocate of strong ties with US, but doesn't avoid awkward issues
Angela Merkel, the first leader of reunited Germany to grow up under communist rule, has worked as chancellor to warm up ties with the United States - a country she couldn't travel to until she was in her mid-30s. The former East German physicist, also the first woman to lead her country, restored cordiality to ties strained over the Iraq war while ...
White House: No H1N1 vaccine for Gitmo
Amid shortages in the U.S., the announced plan to vaccinate Guantanamo Bay detainees against swine flu angered many.
White House: No flu vaccine for Gitmo detainees
The White House says detainees at Guantanamo Bay are not receiving vaccinations against the swine flu.
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