Gitmo trials to begin again

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama is approving the resumption of military trials for detainees at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban.

A senior military official said Obama was due to issue an executive order last night.

Defence Secretary Robert Gates will rescind his January 2009 ban against bringing new cases against the terror suspects at the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

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