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On world map, Obama is expected to quickly take a new direction

Nov. 5, 2008
Guantanamo Bay and climate change top his list along with generally mending foreign policy, but the economic crisis at home may slow those efforts, advisors said. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to quickly distance himself from the unpopular foreign policy of President Bush, seeking to...
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LONDON, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- British judges say Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed will receive U.S. documents that may support his claim he was tortured into a false confession.
Bush said to be mulling Gitmo's fate

Bush said to be mulling Gitmo's fate

WASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush will decide soon whether to close Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a prison for terrorism suspects, administration officials said.

Detainee criticizes Guantanamo conditions

DOHA, Qatar, May 2 (UPI) -- A freed Sudanese cameraman claimed rats are treated with more humanity than prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison in Cuba.

Sept. 11 attacks, Iraqi war fuel comedies

HOLLYWOOD, April 18 (UPI) -- A new crop of movies from Hollywood have taken the war in Iraq and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and turned them into comedies.

Afghan detainees stuck in limbo

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 13 (UPI) -- Afghan citizens returning home from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, face lengthy trials with no jury or adequate defense, critics say.

14 Saudis released from Guantanamo Bay

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High court may decide Guantanamo's fate

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Republicans embrace Guantanamo lockup

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Guantanamo detainee near death

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A Sudanese journalist sent to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in 2002 reportedly is close to death as his hunger strike surpasses 250 days.

Report sheds new light on Guantanamo

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'Boy fighter' to be tried at Guantanamo

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Detainees in solitary confinement

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, May 15 (UPI) -- Amnesty International says the 22 hours detainees spend in their cells each day at Guantanamo Bay military prison is driving them stir-crazy.

British detainee released from Guantanamo

LONDON, April 1 (UPI) -- Bisher al-Rawi is back in Britain after living a nearly five-year "nightmare," locked up at Guantanamo Bay suspected of having links to terrorism.

British resident to leave Guantanamo Bay

LONDON, March 30 (UPI) -- British officials said an Iraqi who had lived in England since the 1980s before being detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will soon be returned to Britain.

McCain: I will close Guantanamo

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 17 (UPI) -- Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., told a London newspaper he act quickly to restore the international reputation of the United States if he becomes president.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler