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Obama to sign series of anti-torture orders (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:46 AM CST

US President Barack Obama meets with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at the White House. Obama was to sign Thursday a series of executive orders to close the Guantanamo AFP - President Barack Obama was to sign Thursday a series of executive orders to close the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison, end harsh interrogation tactics and shutter secret prisons, marking a dramatic reversal of policy from his predecessor.


Sorting out Guantánamo detainees (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama's pledge to close the terror prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, is being hailed as a major step toward restoring world opinion of the United States as a champion of human rights and the rule of law.

Obama to order Guantanamo closed within a year: official (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2009 12:05 AM CST

A guard leans on a fencepost as a Guantanamo detainee (L) jogs inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention center at the US Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. US President Barack Obama will Thursday sign an executive order mandating the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison, a symbol of the Bush administration's AFP - US President Barack Obama will Thursday sign an executive order for the closure of the Guantanamo prison, a symbol of his predecessor's "war on terror" tactics, a White House source said.


Sources: Obama to order Guantanamo closed (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 11:29 PM CST

In this photo reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard leans on a fencepost as a Guantanamo detainee, left, jogs inside the exercise yard at Camp 5 detention center on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009. The Obama administration will close the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and halt U.S. military trials of terror suspects held there under a draft order obtained Wednesday.  (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama will begin overhauling U.S. national security policy Thursday with orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, review military trials of terror suspects and end harsh interrogations, two government officials said.


Obama would close Guantanamo within a year: draft order (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:03 PM CST

In this photo reviewed by the US Military, a guard works at Guantanamo's Camp 6 detention center at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama would close the US AFP - The new US administration moved swiftly to deal with the US "war on terror" prison here, suspending war crimes trials and drafting an order that would close it within a year.


Obama to limit CIA, order Guantanamo closed (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:44 PM CST

A U.S. flag flies above a razorwire-topped fence at the 'Camp Six' detention facility at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama is ready to issue orders on Thursday to close Guantanamo prison and overhaul the treatment of terrorism suspects, in a swift move to restore a U.S. image hurt by charges of torture.


India disagrees with Britain over security, Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:15 PM CST

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee speaks during a news conference in Kathmandu in this November 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Shruti ShresthaReuters - India rejected on Wednesday a suggestion by Britain that security in South Asia was linked to the Kashmir dispute, and urged nations to act against states which sponsor terrorism.


Mandela calls Obama 'voice of hope,' Muslim world more cautious (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 02:59 PM CST

Indian men read newspapers in New Delhi on the swearing in of US President Barack Obama.(AFP/Raveendran)AFP - Nelson Mandela led a near-global welcome Wednesday for new US president Barack Obama, whose speedy move to suspend trials at the Guantanamo "war on terror" prison camp also earned praise.


World hopes Obama's Guantanamo move is step toward closure (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:56 PM CST

Indonesian human rights activists stage a rally and display a 'stop torture' sign in Jakarta calling for new US President Barack Obama to immediately close Guantanamo Bay. US President Barack Obama's call to suspend trials of AFP - US President Barack Obama's call to suspend trials of "war on terror" suspects at Guantanamo raised hopes worldwide that the prison could be closed soon, but not all welcomed the idea of repatriating ex-inmates.


Judge suspends Guantanamo trial of alleged Sept 11 plotters (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:54 AM CST

Senior Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- seen here after his arrest in 2003 -- was the self-proclaimed mastermind of the September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. A judge at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp has suspended the trial of five alleged September 11 attack plotters, after a request by President Barack Obama.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A judge at the US Guantanamo Bay prison camp on Wednesday suspended the trial of five alleged September 11 attack plotters, after a request by President Barack Obama.


Switzerland to consider hosting Guantanamo inmates (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 10:09 AM CST

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, the five Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendants sit during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, January 19, 2009. From top to bottom, they are Khalid Sheikh Momhammed, Waleed Bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi. (Janet Hamlin/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Switzerland is ready to consider taking in detainees from the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba if that helps to shut it down, the Swiss government said on Wednesday.


Guantanamo became symbol of Bush war-on-terror excess (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:18 AM CST

Detainees at the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base, in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. The US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where US President Barack Obama requested a suspension of military tribunals Tuesday, became a symbol of excess in the war on terror waged by his predecessor George W. Bush.(AFP/POOL/File/Marlk Wilson)AFP - The US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where US President Barack Obama requested a suspension of military tribunals Tuesday, became a symbol of excess in the war on terror waged by his predecessor George W. Bush.


Arabs hope for Obama change, Israelis expect more of same (AFP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 01:03 PM CST

An Egyptian man reads a local newspaper with a picture of new US President Barack Obama in Cairo. Arabs were hopeful on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will amend US policy on the Middle East, while Israel expects little change in the wake of its deadly assault on Gaza.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Arabs were hopeful on Wednesday that President Barack Obama will amend US policy on the Middle East, while Israel expects little change in the wake of its deadly assault on Gaza.


Arizona primes for new governor and different path (AP)

Posted: 21 Jan 2009 05:19 AM CST

Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano, right, talks with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, prior to testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on her nomination.  (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)AP - Former Gov. Janet Napolitano's appointment to head the Homeland Security Department leaves Arizona's top office in new hands — and the state likely on a very different path.


Conflict in Gaza Strip Presents Immediate Challenge for New President (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 09:31 PM CST

CQPolitics.com - Although President Obama has pointed to terrorism, Iran and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as his top foreign policy priorities, the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip presents him with his first world crisis.

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