US stands firm over prisoners
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prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans. would spare 62-year-old Kenneth Bigley after the body of American Jack Hensley was recovered in Baghdad.
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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.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell defended a US decision to deny entry to British singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.
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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.
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A US military tribunal has determined that a detainee held at the US naval base prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is not an &quot;enemy combatant,&quot; and the US government will release
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A U.S. military review panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ordered 11 detainees to remain held as "enemy combatants," an official said Tuesday.
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The US says many of the prisoners it is holding in Afghanistan will stand trial under Afghan law.
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The Bush administration has decided  that some non-Iraqi prisoners captured by American forces in  Iraq are not entitled to the protection of the Geneva  Conventions, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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An Afghan court was following proper procedures in its trial of three US men accused of torture and kidnapping and the United States would exert no influence on next week&#39;s verdict, a US official said on Tuesday.
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"The US admits it has no reason to hold these men, but the inaction of the international community has left them stranded. "The prolonged detention of these men is unconscionable"  A group of lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees on Friday criticized a US decision to transfer a group of former inmates to Albania. via Raw Story
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UNITED STATES SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Prisoners at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been beaten while blindfolded and handcuffed, terrorized by attack dogs, and forced to take drugs, an Australian detainee said in an affidavit released yesterday. David Hicks, 29, was one of the first prisoners to arrive at the camp in eastern Cuba in ...
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BAGHDAD - American officials yesterday said they were not about to free Iraqi women prisoners as demanded by an Al Qaeda-linked group which has already beheaded two Americans and is threatening to kill a British man.
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Some saw the beginning of the end for Guantanamo Bay, others a vindication for Europeans who have condemned the U.S. prison camp. Still others saw a toothless ruling that will ultimately make no difference in a climate where they believe Washington is determined to have its way.
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A U.S. military review panel has decided against releasing five prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, concluding they are properly held as "enemy combatants," an official said Tuesday.
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LONDON, Sept. 6 -- President Bush's decision to transfer 14 suspected terrorists to a U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from secret CIA detention centers was greeted Wednesday with skepticism among human rights advocates and some lawmakers in Europe.
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A US court backs a law denying Guantanamo Bay detainees the right to challenge their detention.
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The US-led coalition forces would continue to back the Afghan government&#39;s efforts to ensure the safe and early release of the three United Nations workers, a US military spokesman said Saturday.