US said to seek fewer prisoners
555327
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The US military is taking as few prisoners as possible in its campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan, partly to forestall more complaints about its conduct after at least eight prisoners died in custody, an American commander said yesterday.
151682
Nearly 30,000 detainees crowd two American-run detention facilities, and one US officer wants to set many free.
525196
Most of the prisoners being held at the  U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay are expected to be  released or extradited, the deputy commander of the unit that  runs the base was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
321735
A top US envoy visiting Afghanistan has said there should be no negotiations with kidnappers of three UN workers. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said the US believed talks would only &quot;encourage more&quot; abductions.
755359
The United States wants to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay but needs assurances that detainees won&#039;t pose a security risk or face torture when they&#039;re sent to other countries, a senior U.S. State Department official said Monday.
160
The US government will lower the heightened terror threat level for financial institutions in New York City, New Jersey and Washington, administration officials said Wednesday.
494308
About 35,000 fewer nursing home residents are kept in restraints on a daily basis - down 23 percent from two years ago - according to a federal report released Wednesday that also found fewer patients in pain.
417023
The U.S. military sent 18 Guantanamo prisoners to their home nations during the weekend, reducing the captive population at its Navy base in Cuba to approximately 395, the Department of Defense said on Sunday.
357739
The torture of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of those held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dealt a blow to the United States' credibility as the world's leader on human rights and the fight against terrorism, a human rights group said Thursday.
162852
SAN JUAN -- The US military has ordered three detainees at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be freed and 25 others to remain as secret hearings were held for the cases of more terror suspects.
199191
After insisting for years the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay was vital to national security, U.S. officials are now trying to shut it down but are having trouble coming up with a plan to do it.
489567
The United States has agreed to release three British residents held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and send them back to Britain, Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirmed on Thursday.
583917
A US judge drops charges against two Guantanamo Bay inmates, in a setback for efforts to try terror suspects.
485810
Fewer US nursing home residents suffer from chronic pain and fewer physical restraints are being used, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
18958
A U.N. human rights expert is calling on the United States to try release suspects detained as enemy combatants and to move quickly to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
513958
Officials are planning to propose a plea-bargaining system like that used in the United States which could see alleged terrorists get reduced gaol sentences.
304164
The U.S. military announced Thursday that it has sent home two Afghans and three Tajikistani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, leaving fewer that 400 prisoners at the naval base.