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UK to compensate Guantanamo ex-detainees: report (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Demonstrators dressed as prisoners, protest against the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, outside the Ministry of Defence in London, February 6, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacgregorReuters - Britain is set to pay out millions of pounds in compensation to former detainees held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, British media said Tuesday.


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Nicaragua: Detainees match photos of US suspects (AP)

July 28th, 2010

AP - Two foreigners detained in Nicaragua have been identified as the American couple wanted in Panama in the death of a U.S. woman, and police said Tuesday they would…

Iraq: US hands over Tariq Aziz, other detainees (AP)

July 14th, 2010

FILE - In this July 1, 2004 file photo cleared by the US military, Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister, appears in a courtroom at Camp Victory, a former Saddam palace on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq.  Iraq's deputy justice minister says U.S. authorities have handed over 55 members of Saddam Hussein's former regime, including the longtime binternational/b face of the regime, Tariq Aziz.  (AP Photo/Karen Ballard/Pool, File)AP - The U.S. has handed over 55 former members of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, including the longtime international face of the regime, Tariq Aziz, Iraq’s deputy justice minister said…

Pakistan detainees proud of role in NYC bomb case (AP)

May 22nd, 2010

A woman walks past the main office of Hanif Rajput Catering Services in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, May 22, 2010. Salman Ashraf Khan, co-owner of the catering company, who was among six men apparently detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the Times Square bombing suspect, had differences with American policy in the region but no hatred toward the country, his father said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)AP - Two men detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the attempted Times Square bombing have admitted playing a role in the botched attack and are unrepentant, with one…

Chile cops raid house of Embassy detainee’s friend (AP)

May 14th, 2010

Police officers escort Pakistan's Mohammed Saif-ur-Rehman Khan, 28, center, as he arrives to a hospital for a medical check-up in Santiago, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Traces of explosives were found on Khan, who was summoned to the U.S. Embassy because his U.S. visa had been revoked, State Department officials in Washington said. (AP Photo/ Aliosha Marquez)AP - Police found traces of an explosives material on clothes seized at the home of a Pakistani who was detained after the same substance was detected on documents and…

Complaints persist as US frees Afghan detainees (AP)

March 11th, 2010

In this image made on Wednesday, March 10, 2010,  three freed Afghan detainees from Loghar province listen during a prisoner release ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Four prisoners were released from a U.S.-run military prison on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program…

Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees (AP)

March 9th, 2010

AP - United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country’s domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.

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