Rumsfeld 'suspends war prisoners' transfer'

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is reported to have suspended the transfer of Afghan war prisoners to the controversial Camp X-Ray compound in Cuba.

It was not immediately known how long the transfers to the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, where the US military is holding 158 Taliban and al-Qaida detainees in cages, would be put on hold. NBC News said they have been stopped because the base is almost full.