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U.S. President Barack Obama signs orders to close Guantanamo Bay

U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks to the press prior to signing executive orders to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility, on his desk in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, January 22, 2009. Vice President Joseph Biden (L) and a group of retired military officers attended the ceremony. (UPI Photo/Matthew Cavanugh/Pool)

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Six Guantanamo Bay detainees released

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. officials say they have released six Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees from the prison camp, transferring them to other countries.

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Nations reluctant to take Gitmo detainees

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Some nations are expressing wariness about U.S. requests for them to accept detainees from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison, diplomatic leaders said.

Two detainees properly held, court rules

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. government was properly holding two detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison, a federal judge in Washington ruled.

U.S. releasing 3 Gitmo detainees to Bosnia

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Preparations are under way to transfer three Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees to Bosnia to comply with a court order based on a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

Court revives Gitmo torture claims

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned order Monday, told a lower court to reconsider torture and religious bias claims by former Guantanamo prisoners.

9/11 architect, four others face trial

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, faces trial this week alongside four co-defendants, officials said.

Bush to leave Gitmo closure to successor

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush will leave a decision to shut the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison camp to his successor, current and former officials say.

British Gitmo detainee wins documents

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

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.

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