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The Fall Of Greg Craig

TIME | Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Nearly 100 days after Barack Obama entered office, his top White House lawyer, Greg Craig, braced the President's senior advisers for a potentially ex...

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Source: 6 Gitmo Detainees Resettle In Palau

AP | JONATHAN KAMINSKY | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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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

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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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Xinjiang Mosques Reopen For Friday Prayers

Associated Press | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

URUMQI, China (AP) - Mosques opened for worshippers in Urumqi on Friday, but shops nearby were forced to shut as security forces kept a tight grip on ...

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China Uighur Protests Traced To Questionable Exported Labor Program

Washington Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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When the local government began recruiting young Muslim Uighurs in this far western region for jobs at the Xuri Toy Factory in the country's booming c...

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China Protests: Police Kill 2 Uighurs, Wound A Third

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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URUMQI, China — Police fatally shot two Uighur men Monday and wounded a third in western China, where violence has persisted despite the massive...

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China: Uighur Factory Workers Held Behind Locked Gates

GlobalPost | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

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SHAOGUAN, China -- Three weeks after simmering racial tension escalated to mayhem and a double murder at a toy factory here, about 750 Uighur workers ...

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China Protests: Muslims Condemn China's Uighur Crackdown

Ankara | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

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MUSLIMS in many nations have condemned China's crackdown in its Xinjiang region where at least 156 people have been killed in unrest over the past wee...

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Rebiya Kadeer: The Woman Blamed For China's Uighur Riots

The Washington Post | David Montgomery | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

The translators kept bursting into tears. That was a problem for Rebiya Kadeer, the tiny and fiery matriarch of the Uighur diaspora, who lives in Fair...

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World In Photos, July 7, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

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News of Sunday's riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region spread quickly on the Internet, where users posted amateur photos an...

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Uighurs And China Explainer

CFR | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

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Introduction The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), a territory in western China, accounts for one-sixth of China's land and is home to about...

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Palau To Take Uighur Detainees

AP | RAY LILLEY | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

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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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Obama's Uighur Plan Poses Political Problems

Inter Press Service | William Fisher | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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NEW YORK, May 4 (IPS) - The probability that some Guantanamo detainees will soon be released into the U.S. will place the administration of Preside...

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Closing Gitmo Requires Tough Judgments On Inmates

AP | ANDREW O. SELSKY | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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