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2 more Guantanamo prisoners join hunger strike, military says
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 1:00 AMMIAMI - U.S. military medical providers counted 102 Guantanamo prisoners as hunger strikers on Thursday, the first increase after three weeks when the number seemed to plateau at 100.
Guantanamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 1:00 AMGuantanamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.
Human rights groups call for end to force-feeding of Guantanamo detainees
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 1:00 AMHuman rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantanamo, a move that could permit them starve to death if they choose.
Answers to key questions about Guantanamo detention center
Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 3:05 PMCandidate Barack Obama pledged that he’d close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Easier said than done. As president, Obama has failed to shut down the facility he calls “expensive,” and “inefficient” and a &ld...
Detainee alleges guards searched Qurans in prison
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 1:00 AMAn Afghan captive at Guantanamo has said in a sworn statement that guards rifled through Qurans to trigger the ongoing 100-captive hunger strike at the prison camps in Cuba.
'Snow' turtles stranded in Cape Cod’s cold water airlifted to Florida
Friday, December 7, 2012 at 2:00 PMCall them snow-birds of the four-flippered variety. The Coast Guard on Friday airlifted to Florida 35 endangered sea turtles that got caught up in cold water off Cape Cod, Mass., and suffered hypothermia.
Conviction of bin Laden driver tossed
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 12:00 AMA federal appeals court's decision to toss the conviction of Osama bin Laden's former driver could have implications for future prosecutions of terrorism suspects.
Guantanamo defense lawyer calls trial 'rigged'
Monday, May 7, 2012 at 12:00 AMThe five men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks used their weekend war court appearances to stage "peaceful resistance to an unjust system" being used for political reasons, defense lawyers said Sunday – a day after t...
Obama's defense strategy doesn't suggest more troops in Latin America
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 4:00 AMDon’t expect the Pentagon to grow its troop strength or expand its activities in Latin America under the National Defense Strategy unveiled Thursday by President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at the Pentagon. The much ant...
Oil workers evacuate Deepwater Horizon site as Tropical Storm Bonnie approaches
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 9:26 AMOil recovery workers at the Deepwater Horizon site were pulling up pipes to head to safe waters Friday — out of the way of Tropical Storm Bonnie — for what the chief of the Gulf of Mexico recovery effort cast as a best-case scenario ...
