A look at three recent decisions on gun rights, prisoners at Guantanamo and a case that was notable not just for its subject. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.

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The Oceanic Viking standoff is over but that isn't stopping the political debate about asylum seekers. The remaining 56 Sri Lankans arrived at an Indonesian detention center overnight. The Opposition says the deal to fast-track their processing has s

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Photo: VOA Protesters converged on a high school in Sterling, Illinois where a state commission was holding a public meeting on the possible sale of a prison The Illinois State Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability held a public hea

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奥巴马关闭关塔纳摩监狱面临障碍 The Obama administration ended 2014 with the release of more detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On December 30, the Pentagon announced that three Yemenis and two Tunisians we

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US Military Plans for Guantanamo to Stay Open Indefinitely A new place for guards to eat at the United States-operated detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will stand for 20 years. Planned housing structures for soldiers at the U.S. Naval base in

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Im Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. President Obama is now backing down from his decision to eventually close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba. In a speech at the National Archive, the presid

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You're locked in for 10 minutes of commercial-free news headlines! My name is Carl Azuz, it is Tuesday, April 5th and CNN Student News is up and running. The Obama Administration announced yesterday afternoon, that five suspected 9/11 terrorists will

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. President Obama today pledged to work with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan to combat extremists. Speaking after a meeting at the White House with the leaders of the two countries, Mr. Obama also s

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US Frees British Prisoners from Guantanamo The last four Britons held at the U.S. military detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been released and have returned home, where they are in police c

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Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about an American naval base ... Play some music nominated for a Grammy Award ... And report about a world-famous duck. Perky the

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. On Wednesday, a jury in federal court in New York City announced its decision in the case of Ahmed Ghailani. The Tanzanian was the first terrorism suspect held at Guantanamo ever to face trial in a civilian

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AS IT IS 2016-04-07 US Sends Two Guantanamo Prisoners to Senegal 美国将两名关塔那摩湾监狱囚犯送至塞内加尔 The United States sent two Libyans from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Senegal earlier this week. U.S. Stat

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AS IT IS 2015-12-18 Obama Says He Is Eager to See Cuba Before U.S. President Barack Obama leaves office, he wants to visit Cuba. But only if he can meet with pro-democracy dissidents. Obama told Yahoo News on Monday that part of a deal to visit Cuba

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AS IT IS 2015-01-14 President Faces Difficulties Closing Guantanamo Prison 在关闭关塔那摩监狱问题上总统面对困难 In 2014, the United States removed 28 detainees from its military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It marks the largest n

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Thorny Issues Surround Military Terror Tribunal at Guantanamo The Obama Administration recently reversed a decision about the trial venue for alleged 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. He and four alleged co-conspirators now face justice in a m

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Jury selection is underway in New York in the trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. He is the first suspect held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to be tried in an American civilian court. The Tanzanian national is accused of terrorism

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Australian Mamdouh Habib is starring in a play about the years he spent imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, under suspicion of training militants and having prior knowledge of the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Waiting for Mamdouh details his

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By Scott Stearns White House 06 September 2006 President Bush has for the first time acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons holding top terror suspects and is asking Congress to approve the creation of military commissions to put them on t

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President Barack Obama this week announced the suspenion of future transfers of prisoners to Yemen from a U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a U.S. airliner December 25 reportedly was trained i

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By Al Pessin Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 05 June 2008 Five men who were allegedly involved in planning and financing the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 went on trial before a military commission Thursday near the detention center where t

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