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Closing Guantánamo: Will Europeans take detainees? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - On no single issue has Europe been more in disagreement with America than the Guantánamo detention center. The camp was a focus of anti-US protest here, synonymous with the image of a bullying world power using torture to obtain confessions from terror suspects.

Guantanamo closure will help fight terror: Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed the new U.S. administration's decision to close Guantanamo prison, saying Friday it would help build international support for the fight against terrorism.

Obama breaks from Bush and orders Gitmo to close (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST AP - Breaking forcefully with Bush anti-terror policies, President Barack Obama ordered major changes Thursday that he said would halt the torture of suspects, close down the Guantanamo detention center, ban secret CIA prisons overseas and fight terrorism "in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals."

Philippine court hands down terror convictions (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 11:45 PM CST AP - Three men, including one of the Philippines' top terror suspects, were sentenced to life in prison Friday for the 2000 Manila bombing that killed 11 people in an attack that revealed close coordination among militants across the region.

Obama signs death warrant for Guantanamo (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 10:24 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison within a year and banned torture in a dramatic repudiation of his predecessor George W. Bush's anti-terror policies.

Gitmo closure: A welcome decision, but late (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 08:06 PM CST AP - For Jomaa al-Dosari, Barack Obama's decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay is seven years too late. The Saudi national spent six years in the detention facility, never knowing the charges against him, never facing a trial and always asserting that he was not a terrorist.

Obama signs order to close Guantanamo in a year (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 07:44 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama issued sweeping orders Thursday to rein in secretive U.S. counterterror policies and end harsh interrogations, prompting immediate skepticism over how and whether they would work to keep Americans safe.

Obama's orders only the start of a detainee policy overhaul (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 07:39 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The three executive orders that President Barack Obama signed on Thursday to shut the Guantanamo Bay and CIA prisons began to untangle some of the legal, diplomatic and practical knots created by the Bush administration's war on terror policies.

Jubilation, uncertainty at Gitmo after Obama order (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 04:58 PM CST AP - Military defense attorneys said they were eager for a new chapter as President Barack Obama Thursday ordered the closure of the offshore prison here. But many questions remain about how and where to prosecute terror suspects once it is shut down.

A look at Obama's latest executive orders (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 03:11 PM CST AP - Text of three executive orders and a directive that President Barack Obama signed Thursday at the White House:

Obama says US `will not torture' (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 02:33 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama says the United States "will not torture" as it detains terrorism suspects and works to keep the country safe.

White House 'can't imagine' returning Uighurs to China (AFP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 01:11 PM CST AFP - President Barack Obama's administration said Thursday it could not imagine returning Muslim Uighurs held in Guantanamo Bay to China and said no inmate would be sent to a nation where they may face persecution.

Obama Signs Order to Close Prison at Guantanamo Bay (Bloomberg) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 12:15 PM CST Bloomberg - Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama ordered the U.S. prison camp for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, closed within a year and banned intelligence agencies from using the harshest interrogation techniques.

Pakistan questions terror suspects (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 10:21 AM CST AP - Authorities were questioning seven al-Qaida suspects seized in a raid near the Afghan frontier after a tip from U.S. intelligence, Pakistani officials said Thursday.

Obama spy chief choice backs Guantanamo closure (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 10:10 AM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. spy chief backed closing Guantanamo prison and said humane treatment standards for terrorism suspects must apply throughout the government, breaking with the Bush administration's insistence on an exemption for the CIA.

Ex-US attorney joins terror prosecution team (AP) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 08:50 AM CST AP - A former U.S. attorney who was among nine fired by the Bush administration in 2006 has been working as a prosecutor of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Al Qaeda figure calls for attacks on Britain (Reuters) Posted: 22 Jan 2009 06:48 AM CST Reuters - A prominent leader of al Qaeda called for attacks in Western countries particularly Britain in retaliation for Israel's offensive in Gaza, arguing that London was behind the creation of the Jewish state.

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