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Enniskillen -
Next month, G8 leaders and their entourages descend on County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, on June 17-18. Like earlier summits, an agreeable location will host the event, on the shores of picturesque Lough Erne.
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New photographs have now been released of the facilities at the United States Military's infamous Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp.
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During his 2008 presidential campaign, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to close Guantanamo Bay; the infamous Caribbean prison often associated with George W. Bush's War on Terror policies.
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Washington -
Perhaps the game might be better described as, no strikes and you're in, in jail indefinitely even though you have been found not to be a threat and are on a list to be freed.
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Moscow -
The main intention of the Magnitsky act was to punish Russian officials thought to be responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, by banning them from the United States and use of the US banking system.
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Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni prisoners held in Guatanamo Bay have demanded outside the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, the detainees’ release after being imprisoned for more than a decade.
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Lawyers for inmates at Guantanamo Bay have stated that "all but a few men" in a camp at Gitmo are on a hunger strike after their Qur’ans and other personal belongings have been taken away from them and prayer time is not being respected.
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Wali Mohammed, after a long stay in Guantanamo Bay, will have his day in "court", or at least before a military tribunal. However, evidence that might exonerate him from the allegations that he was a financier for Al Qaeda will not be allowed.
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Washington -
On December 4, the U.S. passed the massive National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). As well as authorizing $631 billion in spending, the bill included new sanctions against Iran and a permanent ban on transfer of Guantanamo detainees to the U.S
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Washington -
Adrian Latif died in confinement at Guantanamo prison on September 5. The cause of death is under investigation. Latif had a history of mental illness but also of consistent challenges against his confinement.
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Much is being made here in Europe about the latest batch of Wikileaks documents to be released, this time on the...
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