A decades-old U.S. government program to send future leaders from foreign countries to the United States is gaining new attention - particularly in France, where it is targeting minorities, including Muslims, and aims to present a more accurate imag...
By Nathan King Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 18 September 2007 The U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is surrounded by controversy. Suspects in America's war on terrorism are held there, and not only do human rights groups criticize the detentions,...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 June 2007 A U.S. military judge has dismissed charges against a detainee at the Guantanamo detention center, based on a technical issue that could affect all the current and potential charges against detainees. The Defense De...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 26 March 2007 An Australian detainee held by U.S. authorities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is to be the first so-called enemy combatant tried under a new military commission procedure that was approved by the U.S. Congress last...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 10 January 2007 This week marks the fifth anniversary of the detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The anniversary is rekindling the debate over the facility, with human rights...
By Scott Stearns White House 14 June 2006 President Bush says he understands that the continuing detention of suspected terrorists at a U.S. military base in Cuba is hurting America's image abroad, but he says it is necessary to protect the nation....
By Al Pessin Washington 19 May 2006 U.S. military guards at the Guantanamo detention center fired rubber shotgun pellets and used batons and shields to put down a small but violent riot by detainees T...
By Al Pessin Washington 24 February 2006 There has been renewed controversy during the past week about conditions at the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay. A panel of United Nations exp...
By Al Pessin Guantanamo 07 February 2006 According to the U.S. military the number of hunger strikers among detainees at the Guantanamo detention facility has fallen to just four, from a high of 84 in...
By Al Pessin Guantanamo 01 February 2006 At the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba nearly 500 detainees, most of them captured during the Afghanistan war, await release or trial. M...