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4 Chinese Muslim detainees released from Guantanamo to Bermuda

Jun. 11, 2009
Palau has agreed to take some of the remaining 13 Uighurs, at least temporarily. Lawyers for the men said they hope Bermuda will be an example to larger nations. The Obama administration today released to Bermuda four Chinese Muslims who had been imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for seven years.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic