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Maybe Majid Khan rates a stateside prison cell
As a teenager in the mid-1990s, he moved with his parents to the United States from Pakistan. The family sought and received political asylum. They settled in Baltimore County and operated a gas station. The boy attended Owings Mills High School. His...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Letter: Why Gitmo may be here to stay
Re "Obama renews call to close prison," May 1 The slogan "Close Guantanamo" obscures as much as it illuminates. To be sure, the prison there must close, for as President Obama said this week, it is an affront to American values, our global standing...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Department of State, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons
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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - 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 per...Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Prosecution, Military Equipment, Cuba
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Guantanamo detainee says prison 'shakedown' sparked hunger strike
WASHINGTON — Obaidullah, an Afghan villager captured with diagrams of improvised bombs, has marked nearly 11 years as a detainee at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Three months ago, outraged by what he called another prison...
Tags: Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisoners and Detainees, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Obama pledges to renew efforts to close Guantanamo prison
WASHINGTON – President Obama said Tuesday he is renewing efforts to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and will search for members of Congress to help him get it done. “I’m going to go back at this,” Obama...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, National Government, Politics, Government, Bashar Assad
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 2
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/WASHINGTON - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for crimes against the state, prompting a U.S. call for his amnesty in hopes of avoiding him becoming a bargaining chip between...Tags: Libya, Bird Flu, Bashar Assad, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Should U.S. close Gitmo prison?
President Obama said in a news conference this week that he was directing his staff to re-launch his effort to close the U.S. detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and would look for allies in Congress to help. The prison...Tags: Career and Workplace, The New York Times, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Politics
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What to read in limbo: a peek at the Guantanamo prison library
If you’re stuck in a cell — and in legal limbo — for an undefined period that might be forever, what do you do? You read, of course. The library at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was established during the Bush administration, in...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries, Literature, The New York Times, U.S. Congress
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Yemenis languish in Guantanamo prison with scant hope of release
Reuters* Hunger strike refocuses attention on Guantanamo inmates * Families of inmates worried * Yemen says US cites lack of stability to justify keeping inmates By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA, April 29 (Reuters) - Awdah al-Shabati has never seen her father...Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, Sana'a (Yemen), Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan
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Hey, Sandra Day O'Connor, All's Forgiven!
Hey, former Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Sandra Day O’Connor, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your recent interview with the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board. I really can’t express how awesome it is that...
Tags: Elections, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Disasters, National Government
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 2
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL - North Korea sentenced U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years hard labour on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, a move that will likely see him used as a bargaining chip in talks with Washington. - - -...Tags: Elections, Bird Flu, National Government, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Amid new security threats, some in U.S. Congress look to update 9/11 law
Reuters* Some say law stretched beyond original intent * Questions about Obama drone policy fuel talk of change * Backing from Democrats and Republicans By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - A few dozen words rushed into law days after the Sept....Tags: Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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