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Cuba to free political prisoner who refused exile (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Cuba will soon release one of 13 political prisoners who have rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, a family member said on…

Cuba missed prisoner release deadline: dissidents (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - The dissident group “Ladies in White” accused the Cuban government on Sunday of failing to meet a deadline to release political prisoners and vowed to continue their weekly…

Cuba to release longest-held political prisoner (Reuters)

November 1st, 2010

Reuters - Cuba will free its longest-held political prisoner, jailed since 1985, and send him to Spain as the government continues to ship opponents out of the country.

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Israel, Hamas have resumed prisoner swap talks (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Palestinians walk in front of a wall painting showing Israeli army soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010.  The German mediator trying to broker the release the Israeli soldier held captive for four years by Palestinian militants made a secret visit to the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas official said Saturday, suggesting a renewed attempt to push forward negotiations deadlocked for months. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israel said Sunday it has resumed indirect talks with the Hamas rulers of Gaza on swapping hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive soldier held for more than…

Carter hopes prisoner release helps peace talks (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at The Carter Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Atlanta. Carter discussed his recent trip to North Korea where he secured the release of American prisoner Aijalon Gomes. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that he hoped the release of an American prisoner to him in August would jump-start six-nation talks that could lead to a…

Trial to begin for Guantanamo’s youngest prisoner (AP)

August 10th, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME TO IGLESIAS ** Captain Dave Iglesias, spokesman for the military commission prosecuting Omar Khadr, speaks to reporters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010. Khadr, 23, is due to stand trial  for war crimes allegedly committed when he was 15 years old. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)AP - Eight years after his capture as a teenager on an Afghan battlefield, a long-delayed trial is beginning Tuesday for Guantanamo’s youngest detainee.


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2 Marines killed during Afghan prisoner escape bid (AP)

August 9th, 2010

FILE - In this July 21, 2010 file photo, a Marine carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Paul J. Miller at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Miller, of Traverse City, Mich., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. NATO announced Friday, July 30, 2010 that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)AP - Two U.S. Marines were killed during an attempted prisoner escape at the weekend in southern Afghanistan.


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Taliban: 1 missing US trooper dead, other captured (AP)

July 25th, 2010

United States Marine LCpl. Brian Quinnones  from Bravo Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Marines has an unlit cigarette in his mouth following a gun battle as part of an operation to clear the area of insurgents near Musa Qaleh, in northern Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The Taliban say they have killed one of the two U.S. service members who went missing two days ago and have taken the other prisoner.


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US transfers Gitmo prisoner to Yemen (AP)

July 13th, 2010

FBI handout image from 2004 shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. A US court has said a man accused of involvement in attacks on US embassies in Africa can face trial, rejecting the former Guantanamo Bay detainee's claim that his rights were violated.(AFP/FBI/File)AP - A Guantanamo Bay prisoner has been transferred to his homeland of Yemen, the U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday, after a U.S. district court ordered the longtime detainee’s…