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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: repatriation

repatriation stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse cried tears of joy in a London airport as she returned to England today after 8 months on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, the Daily Mail reports. “She’s really happy to be back and can't wait to catch up with family and friends,”... More »

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entertainment • United Kingdom • England • addiction • vacation • repatriation • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • dog

 US Shipping Foreign Fighters to Home Prisons 

American officials step up action to empty secret prisons

Aug 28, 08 3:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US has stepped up efforts to return foreign fighters captured in Iraq and Afghanistan to their homelands, the New York Times reports. More than 200 detainees have been turned over to security services in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries as the military works to empty its controversial secret... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Guantanamo Bay • repatriation • foreign fighters • al-Qaeda • detainees

Afghan Refugees Flooding Home, Some Forced From Camps

Mass repatriation may be new disaster

Aug 20, 07 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan refugees are returning to their post-Taliban nation by the hundreds of thousands, and there are few resources to support them. Much of the repatriation is voluntary, the BBC reports, with newfound stability attracting Afghanis who fled as long as 25 years ago; others have been forced out of Pakistani... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • refugee camp • repatriation • land mines • refugee

White House Splits Over
Closing Gitmo

Legal puzzles stump Bush aides as shutdown gains momentum

Jun 22, 07 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is under mounting pressure to shut the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but top aides remain deeply divided over the fate of 375 detainees there. Bush has said he wants to the close the prison, but WaPo reports senior officials including Dick Cheney are opposed to shipping detainees... More »

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Dick Cheney • prison • Steny Hoyer • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • repatriation • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

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