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Who Are the Six Uighurs Released From Guantanamo to Palau?

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Pakistan, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Taliban, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Guantanamo Uighurs, Qala-I-Janghi Massacre, Northern Alliance, Xinjiang Province, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, China, World News
Andy Worthington

I am drawing together here the stories of six men who, nearly eight years after their wrongful and mistaken capture, are finally free from Guantánamo, even if an uncertain future awaits them.

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Source: 6 Gitmo Detainees Resettle In Palau

AP | JONATHAN KAMINSKY | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: White House, Cia, Gitmo Detainees, Afghanistan, Palau, Gitmo, Uighur, Obama, Chinese Muslims, Uighurs, Enemy Combatants, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Terrorism, China, Torture, World News

KOROR, Palau — Six Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo Bay but still wanted at home as separatists arrived Sunday on their new tropical isl...

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Uighur Brothers: Detainee Declines Offer To Leave Guantanamo Out Of Loyalty To Ailing Brother (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Bahtiyar Mahnu, Detainees, Torture, Guantanamo Bay, Enemy Combatants, Gitmo, Uighur, Uighurs, Due Process, Afghanistan, Mental Illness, Elizabeth Gilson, Palau, China, Habeas Corpus, Video, Arkin, World News

After eight years of detention, at least one Guantanamo Bay detainee declined an offer to resettle to the Pacific Island of Palau, according to The Wa...

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Want to Close Guantanamo? No Problem

Kathy Rose | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo Closure, Bahamas, Manhattan, Wall Street Crash, Palau, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, New York, Politics News
Kathy Rose

Why is everyone making such a fuss about where to move the men who are still at Guantanamo? I have the solution. I live in a huge anonymous apartment building in Manhattan...

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Some Gitmo Detainees Resisting Move To Palau

wsj.com | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palau, Guantanamo Detainees Palau, Gitmo, Guantanamo, World News

The Obama administration's drive to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has hit a new snag: At least some of the 13 detainees a...

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Palau Uighurs Face Culture Shock

AP | TOMOKO A. HOSAKA and WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Asia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Palau, Palau Uighur, Palau Uighurs, Palau Detainees, Palau Gitmo, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Gitmo, Gitmo Detainees, Uighurs Palau, Uighurs, Culture Shock, Mosque in Palau, Chinese Uighur, Uighurs Uighurs, World News

KOROR, Palau — They came from a land of scorching deserts, snowcapped mountains, camels and mosques. Now after several miserable years imprisone...

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Who Are the Four Guantanamo Uighurs Sent to Bermuda?

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Palau, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Abdul Semet, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Nasser, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Dick Cheney, Politics News, Politics, Bermuda, Guantanamo Uighurs, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Guantanamo Bay, Huzaifa Parhat, Jalal Jalaladin, China, Closing Guantanamo, Politics News
Andy Worthington

The Uighurs should never have been held at all; the Pentagon was only interested in them because of the intelligence they might have provided about the activities of the Chinese government.

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Palau Can't Take The Uighurs: Says China

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: China Uighurs, Palau Uighurs, Palau, GuantáNamo Bay, Guantanamo, Palau Detainees, Palau Gitmo, China Detainees, China, Gitmo, Uighurs in China, Uighurs, Palau Island, Qaeda Palau, Philippines, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Palau's president said Thursday that his tiny Pacific nation's tradition of hospitality prompted the decision to take ...

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Pacific island set to accept Gitmo's Chinese Muslims

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 07.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Beijing-China, China, Uighurs, Taiwan, Palau, Home News

Uighurs are an ethnic Muslim population who have been persecuted by the Chinese government. The tiny Pacific island nation of Palau has agree...

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Palau To Take Uighur Detainees

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Detainees, Guantanamo Uighurs, Palau, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Pacific Islands, Obama Administration, Chinese Muslim Detainees, Uighurs, Palau Uighur, Uighur, World News

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tropical Pacific island nation of Palau announced Wednesday it will accept up to 17 Chinese Muslims who have langu...

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From Guantanamo to the South Pacific: Is This a Joke?

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: War on Terror, World, Afghanistan, Palau, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, World News, Guantanamo Uighurs, Politics News, Albania, Judge A. Raymond Randolph, Guantanamo Bay, Breaking Politics News, China, Closing Guantanamo, World News
Andy Worthington

Could there be an answer to the Obama administration's Uighur problem?

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Seth Green Shares His Secrets of Financial Success as Unbroke Premieres

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Old Dogs, Dubai, Battlestar Galactica, Unbroke, Micronesia, John Travolta, The Jonas Brothers, Robot Chicken, Ron Moore, Seth Green, Robot Chick: Star Wars Episode II, WalletPop.Com, Thailand, Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Christian Slater, Rosario Dawson, Robin Williams, Mars Needs Moms, Motion Capture, Adult Swim, ABC's Unbroke, Tanzania, Will Smith, Walletpop, Andrea Chalupa, Palau, Entertainment News
Andrea Chalupa

Green compares Unbroke to the Schoolhouse Rock shorts: funny and informative. "I'm concerned for all of America's youth who grew up watching My Super Sweet 16 and Cribs."

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