Guantanamo camp in spotlight

EU trio join UN call for closing Guantanamo camp 20/02 10:44:37

The British, French and German envoys to Washington, on Sunday joined the UN call for closing the unpopular U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

US rejects call to close Guantanamo prison 17/02 09:25:43

The United States on Thursday rejected a UN report that calls for closing the prison at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some 500 terror suspects are held indefinitely.

US admits newly-released prisoner abuse pics 16/02 10:50:26

The Chinese Government sent a task force organized by the Foreign Ministry to Karachi Thursday to help deal with the aftermath of three Chinese engineers' death in Pakistan.

Annan urges US to close Guantanamo detention center 17/02 08:25:59

China has announced that it will not evacuate engineers and technicians from Pakistan after three Chinese engineers were shot dead in Pakistan on Wednesday.

US urged to try or release Guantanamo detainees 16/02 19:18:47

The United Nations on Thursday urged the United States to try or release all the detainees held at its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and shut down the facility.

Annan criticizes publication of new prisoner abuse pics 17/02 08:24:56

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday criticized the improper time of the publication of the latest pictures of Iraqi prisoners abused in the notorious U.S.-run Abu Ghraib prison in 2003.

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