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Security experts skeptical on Gitmo detainee report

Jan. 24, 2009
Security experts are questioning information released by the Pentagon last week, saying 61 former detainees from its detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may have returned to terrorist activities.
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TORONTO, July 27 (UPI) -- Nearly 300 protesters in Canada say they want a Toronto-born man released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

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No plan to close Gitmo detention center

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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler