Place: Guantanamo prison

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Plan for closing Guantanamo in ‘final stage’

The White House is in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the Guantanamo prison for foreign terrorism suspects, racing against time to resolve one of President Barack Obama’s most intractable problems.

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Pope Francis condemns ‘deviant forms of religion’

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Pope condemns religious fundamentalism

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Obama shifts policy on global war on terror

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Child soldier 'longs to be normal'

Welcoming the queen, not Obama

US builds new Guantanamo prison

A two-storey maximum security jail modelled on a US prison is being built in Cuba, exactly four years after the first terror suspects were placed in makeshift cells in Guantanamo.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2006

‘Guantanamo fuels hatred of West and boosts al Qaida’

THE United States must close Guantanamo prison, where its treatment of some 500 terrorism suspects encourages hatred toward the West and bolsters Muslim membership of the al Qaida network, a new report concludes.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2005

No plan to shut Guantanamo prison, says Cheney

SUSPECTED terrorists will continue to be held in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Vice-President Dick Cheney says, amid concerns by some fellow Republicans that the situation may be counterproductive.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2005

Bush ‘exploring’ alternatives in face of Guantanamo criticism by human rights groups

US President George W Bush yesterday left open the possibility that the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could be shut down following mounting criticism from former President Jimmy Carter and others.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2005

Canadian released from Guatanamo prison

A Canadian held at the US military jail at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba has been released and sent to Afghanistan.

Tue, 25 Nov, 2003