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Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the ...

(AFP) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants,' in October 2009, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. An Algiers court on Sunday cleared two men held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, according to a legal source. Photo:John Moore/AFP

A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants' in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2009. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not 'cower' from terrorists. Photo:John Moore/AFP

Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants,' in October 2009, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the 'war on terror' prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo:John Moore/AFP

Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on the trials of Guantamo ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on the trials of Guantamo Bay detainees before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that he will not ...

(CBC) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:49:08 GMT

(CBC) - U.S. President Barack Obama has acknowledged that he will not be able to meet his pledge to close the controversial detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by January.

An American guard walks along the exterior of a camp for Chinese ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - An American guard walks along the exterior of a camp for Chinese Uigur detainees at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants,' in October 2009, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the 'war on terror' prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo:John Moore/AFP

A detainee stands at an interior fence at the U.S. military ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A detainee stands at an interior fence at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2009. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not 'cower' from terrorists. Photo:John Moore/AFP

A police officer stands at a New York City police department ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - A police officer stands at a New York City police department checkpoint in lower Manhattan on November 16. US President Barack Obama said Americans should not be 'fearful' of the prospect that five men accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks will face trial in New York City. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on the trials of ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on the trials of Guantamo Bay detainees before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 18, 2009. The Obama administration on Wednesday defended plans to try the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks in criminal courts despite harsh criticism from Republicans who say the trials are too risky. In remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Holder defended his decision to try Mohammed and the others in criminal courts and said classified material will also be protected during the trials. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama's administration must announce any day where it will prosecute a number of Guantanamo detainees, including five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks. Photo:John Moore/AFP

Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts. Photo:John Moore/AFP

VIDEO: US President Barack Obama brands the Guantanamo Bay prison ...

(AFP) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: US President Barack Obama brands the Guantanamo Bay prison a 'mess'. Originally filed 210509. Duration: 0:28 Photo:/AFP

A virtually empty prison in Thomson, Illinois could be the next ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:39:36 GMT

(Reuters) - A virtually empty prison in Thomson, Illinois could be the next possible location to house foreign terrorism suspects moved from the Guantanamo Bay prison.

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:10:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr sits during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Janet Hamlin, Pool

About 200 people rallied in Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton ...

(CBC) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:48:41 GMT

(CBC) - About 200 people rallied in Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton Sunday to urge the Canadian government to bring Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr back to this country.

In this photo, reviewed by the US military, US troopers walk ...

(AFP) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - In this photo, reviewed by the US military, US troopers walk on the grounds of the Camp Justice compound, the site of the US war crimes tribunal, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, in July 2009. Prominent Republicans on Sunday lashed out at the administration's decision to try five alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks in a New York civilian court, saying it would harm efforts to fight terror. Photo:Brennan Linsley/AFP

EDMONTON - Several dozen people held a rally in downtown Edmonton ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:38:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - EDMONTON - Several dozen people held a rally in downtown Edmonton to demand that Omar Khadr be sent back to Canada to face trial in a civilian court.

A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security ...

(AFP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security prison of Camp 5 at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba in 2006. US President Barack Obama remains committed to closing the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison, but may not meet a January 2010 deadline. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

Ahmad Tourson, one of six Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from ...

(AFP) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ahmad Tourson, one of six Chinese Muslim Uighurs released from Guantanamo Bay to Palau, is seen walks along the beach in Palau. China may have pressured Australia to refuse to take six Uighur men released from Guantanamo and sent to the Pacific island nation of Palau, according to President Johnson Toribiong. Photo:Bernadette Carreon/AFP

In this undated photo, the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this undated photo, the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill., is seen. A White House official says the Obama administration is considering buying the northwestern Illinois prison to house a limited number of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, along with federal inmates. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Dispatch, Todd Mizener)

An RCMP constable stands outside the Supreme Court in Ottawa ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:06:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An RCMP constable stands outside the Supreme Court in Ottawa Friday November 13, 2009 as the high court hears an appeal by the federal government to not return detainded terror suspect Omar Khadr to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

A U.S. military commission will resume hearing the case against ...

(CBC) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:51:56 GMT

(CBC) - A U.S. military commission will resume hearing the case against Omar Khadr, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday, the same day the Supreme Court of Canada heard a federal government appeal in his case.

The U.S. government plans to put alleged Sept. 11 mastermind ...

(CBC) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:52:36 GMT

(CBC) - The U.S. government plans to put alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees on trial in New York City. Another five, including Toronto-born Omar Khadr, will face military commissions in the U.S.

A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security ...

(AFP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security prison of Camp 5 at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba in 2006. US President Barack Obama announced the resignation of one his key legal advisors, Greg Craig, who has battled for almost a year with the thorny problem of trying to close Guantanamo Bay. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(AFP) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - In this file photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US. military, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr during a hearing inside the courthouse for the US war crimes commission at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba on July 2009. Canada's top court was Friday urged to order the government to bring home Khadr from the US jail in Guantanamo Bay. Photo:Janet Hamlin/AFP

A drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US military, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the US military, shows young Canadian captive, Omar Khadr, who is accused of throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan in July 2002, attending a pre-trial session at the Guantanamo Bay naval base December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sits during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Sept. 11, 2001 attack co-defendants Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (2nd L) and Waleed Bin Attash (L) sit during a hearing at the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool

In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:44:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, Canadian defendant Omar Khadr attends a hearing in the courthouse for the U.S. military war crimes commission at the Camp Justice compound on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

A view of a common area at the medium security prison inside ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of a common area at the medium security prison inside Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 4, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

Interview: Khadr lawyer ...

(CBC.ca) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:26:54 GMT

(CBC.ca) - Interview: Khadr lawyer

A courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C) and co-defendant Walid bin Attash (L) attending a pretrial session in Guantanamo Bay December 8, 2008. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/Pool

A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

US Marines talk in front of the Marine headquarters known as ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Marines talk in front of the Marine headquarters known as the 'white house' at the US Naval Base in October 2009 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama's administration must announce any day where it will prosecute a number of Guantanamo detainees, including five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks. Photo:John Moore/AFP

Buildings stand empty as part of the former Camp X-Ray at the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Buildings stand empty as part of the former Camp X-Ray at the US military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Barack Obama's administration must announce any day where it will prosecute a number of Guantanamo detainees, including five men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks. Photo:John Moore/AFP

A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay.The Obama administration said Monday it has taken a 'major step' toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison now that the Pacific island nation of Palau has resettled six Chinese Muslim Uighurs. Photo:John Moore/AFP

US military-reviewed image shows an American guard passing along ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - US military-reviewed image shows an American guard passing along the exterior of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six Chinese Muslim Uighur men have been released on the Pacific island nation of Palau having been cleared several years ago of being 'enemy combatants'. Photo:John Moore/AFP

This photo, taken in June, shows a guard handing over a cart ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - This photo, taken in June, shows a guard handing over a cart stacked with meals to a Chinese Uighur detainee of the Camp Iguana detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Photo:Brennan Linsley/AFP

A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at the facility have been released to the Pacific nation of Palau, the latest step in US President Barack Obama's struggle to close the controversial prison. Photo:John Moore/AFP

A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC. The Supreme ...

(AFP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC. The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP

File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. The government will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, it said. Photo:Brennan Linsley/AFP

File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Britain will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, it said. Photo:Brennan Linsley/AFP

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a closed-off area, at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool

A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security ...

(AFP) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - A US military guard walks past an inmate at the maximum security prison of Camp 5 at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba in 2006. Congressional leaders agreed for the first time that Guantanamo detainees could be sent to US soil for trial, boosting President Barack Obama's bid to close the prison. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a journalist walks ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:46:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a journalist walks past a row of tented sleeping quarters, at Camp Justice, the site of the U.S. war crimes tribunal compound, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in the late hours of July 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool

Omar Khadr's high-profile Pentagon-appointed lawyer has been ...

(CBC) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:39:36 GMT

(CBC) - Omar Khadr's high-profile Pentagon-appointed lawyer has been officially dismissed from the legal defence team at a hearing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

IA brother of Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr, seen here in a sketch ...

(AFP) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - IA brother of Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr, seen here in a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, testified Monday at a hearing into whether he should be extradited to the United States to face charges of being an al-Qaeda gun-runner. Photo:Janet Hamlin/AFP

Camp Justice on Guantanamo Bay naval base, Cuba. The Supreme ...

(AFP) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - Camp Justice on Guantanamo Bay naval base, Cuba. The Supreme Court, which now includes its first Hispanic justice Sonia Sotomayor, begins a new term that will focus on hot-button issues including gun rights and counter-terrorism Photo:Brennan Linsley/AFP

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, U.S. troopers ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, U.S. troopers are pictured inside the exercise yard at Guantanamo Camp 5 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool