An Army officer’s investigation into allegations that guards bragged about beating Guantanamo Bay detainees has found no evidence of mistreatment, military officials said today.

The US Pentagon has ordered an investigation into possible abuse at the Guantanamo Bay prison after a Marine officer said she overheard guards boasting about beating detainees.

A car bomb exploded in a public market in a southern Philippine town early today as a convoy carrying a provincial governor was passing, killing five people and wounding 10 others.

Three detainees at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide in what apparently was a joint pact to protest the US military prison that holds suspected terrorists, a senior administration official said today.

Two Egyptian security officers were killed today in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops after crossing the border into Israel.

Volunteers with two sniffer dogs dug around a mud-covered elementary school today but found no signs that any of the 250-300 children and teachers inside were still alive two days after a massive landslide.

Fictitious interrogations were staged for VIP visitors at Guantanamo Bay, a former US Army translator has claimed.

Four US officers, including a one-star general, at the detention centre for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are under criminal investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, a senior defence official has said.

Twenty-three terror suspects tried to hang or strangle themselves at the United States military base in Guantanamo Bay on Cuba during a mass protest in 2003, the United States military confirmed.

US military officials will investigate charges of abuse against terrorist suspects being interrogated at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, authorities announced.

THE US Defence Department last year approved interrogation techniques for use at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba that include forcing inmates to strip naked and subjecting them to loud music, bright lights and sleep deprivation, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.

A former Muslim chaplain at the US military prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been charged with disobeying orders by improperly handling classified information.

A US Army Islamic chaplain who counselled al Qaida prisoners at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba has been detained as part of a military investigation, officials said.

A US Army Islamic chaplain who counselled al-Qaida prisoners at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba has been detained as part of a military investigation, officials said.

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