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• in Politics
  Obama For President: Like We've Got Any Other Choice
  What Obama's done in his first term gives little hope for what might occur in a second.
  by shadowdoc1953 / on Apr 5, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “guantanamo”

 

• AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier

  
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  The Afghan Taliban say they are ready to hand over a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. A Taliban spokesman, Shaheen Suhail, says U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "is as far as I know in good condition." ...
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• A Look at Who Is Still Held at Guantanamo

  
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  The New York Times – GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — President Barack Obama has appointed a new envoy to lead a renewed effort to close the detention center at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Here’s a look at where things stand: — CURRENT POPULATION: The U.S. holds 166 men at the prison, down from a ...
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• Obama’s Latest Move To Close Guantanamo Heralds Yet Another Fight With Republicans

  
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  In this Jan. 21, 2009, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard talks to a Guantanamo detainee in the open yard in Camp 4 detention center on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP/File/Brennan Linsley) President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he has chosen a special envoy to reopen the ...
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• Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country

  
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country. Read more here: Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country The post Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security ...
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• Family of US scientist Shane Todd call Singapore inquest a ‘sham’

  
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  The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed on Tuesday the city-state’s findings that he committed suicide as “a sham and a cover-up” for a murder. “I am not surprised by the state’s findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated ...
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• China to place ban on private orphan shelters

  
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  “Adopting and handling abandoned infants at one’s own will is forbidden,” a circular, issued by seven government departments, said. Excerpt from: China to place ban on private orphan shelters The post China to place ban on private orphan shelters appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to ...
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• Oil prices stay steady before 2-day US Fed meeting

  
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  BANGKOK (AP) — The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $97.82 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York ...
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• Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces

  
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  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces. View original post here: Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces The post Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national ...
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• Stranded dolphin dies after being used as a photo prop by tourists

  
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  A stranded dolphin died on Monday morning in Sanya City, Hainan province, after being manhandled by tourists who used it as a photo prop. The dolphin was first discovered at 6pm on Sunday evening stranded near Sanya’s Dadonghai beach resort, reported China Daily and Hainan news site Hinews.cn. Go here to read the ...
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• We just think you are guilty so you must be detained indefinitely.

  
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  The US government has finally released the names of 46 men being held in Guantánamo under the classification of " indefinite detainees " – terror suspects deemed too dangerous to release or move yet impossible to try in a civilian or even military court for reasons of inadequate or tainted evidence. For more than ...
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• David Beckham, soccer ambassador in China, joins Sina Weibo

  
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  Former soccer player David Beckham has more than 400,000 followers only a day after making his official Sina Weibo debut. “Hi I am David! Welcome to the OFFICIAL David Beckham Sina Page! Talk to you soon!” the Englishman wrote in his first post, which has been shared by more than 50,000 people. “Thank you for ...
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• South Korea’s top envoy to North Korea heads to US

  
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  South Korea’s top envoy on North Korea left on Tuesday for a meeting in Washington with his US and Japanese counterparts, two days after Pyongyang proposed direct, high-level talks with the United States. After Washington, Cho Tae-yong will travel on to Beijing – where he is likely to overlap with a visit by North ...
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• President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’

  
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  President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. Read more from the original source: President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’ The post President ...
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• Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower

  
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  TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong ...
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• US selects lawyer for ‘closing’ Guantanamo

  
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  Administration calls 46 men too dangerous to release as State Department names… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• China foreign minister’s new ride: the Mao Zedong-approved limousine

  
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  China’s foreign minister has a new ride. In a ministerial first in more than three decades, Wang Yi has chosen a locally manufactured Red Flag limousine, the same brand Mao Zedong rode to inspect parades. “Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi’s official car is a Red Flag H7 sedan,” the ministry wrote in a ...
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• US government identifies men on Guantánamo ‘indefinite detainee’ list

  
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  Most of the 48 on the list are from Yemen and Afghanistan… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• White House to Appoint Guantánamo Detention Camp Closure Envoy

  
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  ______________________________ On Monday, the White House shall announce the appointment of an envoy to close the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility . Clifford Sloan , a Washington lawyer and a close confidant of US Secretary of State John Kerry , will have the assignment of overseeing the closure of the ...
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• From Guantánamo, Shaker Aamer Speaks, As His Lawyers Urge Cameron to Ask Obama for His Return at the G8

  
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  Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo, needs your help. Please write to the British Prime Minister David Cameron, via Twitter , or via the 10 Downing Street website , asking him to urgently raise Shaker’s case with President Obama when they meet at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland next week. ...
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• Americans Peace Advocates Travel To Yemen To Meet Victims Of Drone Attacks

  
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  Code Pink’s delegation to Yemen meets with victims of U.S. drone attacks and individuals with family members who are being held at Guantanamo Bay prison. (Photo/codepinkhq via Flickr) Code Pink , a women-led grassroots peace movement, has sent a delegation of seven Americans to Yemen to meet with victims of ...
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