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<description>AP - The Obama administration is suggesting the Supreme Court dismiss a case that tests whether a federal judge can order Guantanamo Bay detainees released in the United States.</description>
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<description>AP - The Swiss government on Wednesday approved the resettlement of two Chinese inmates at Guantanamo as part of its commitment to help President Barack Obama&#039;s administration close the detention center.</description>
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<description>AP - Latvia&#039;s government says it will accept one inmate from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.</description>
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<description>Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed spending $73 million to prosecute the five accused September 11 conspirators and one official said the trials could still be held in the heart of Manhattan.</description>
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<description>Reuters - President Barack Obama should be able to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay during his first term, despite missing his original deadline, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday.</description>
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<description>Reuters - Yemen will begin building an $11 million rehabilitation center for returning Guantanamo detainees in three months when it expects to receive funding from the United States, a government official said Wednesday.</description>
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