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                    [ArticleID] => 1499371
                    [Title] => Bid to shut Guantanamo roils Pentagon, White House, Congress
                    [Summary] => 

The Obama administration's struggling quest to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is mired in state and federal politics. Frustrated White House and Pentagon officials are blaming one another for the slow progress releasing approved detainees and finding a new prison to house those still held.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-12 23:17:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468691 [AuthorName] => Lolita Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20150913/guatanamos.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1412470 [Title] => Pope: Fundamentalist terrorism result of 'deviant religion' [Summary] =>

Pope Francis on yesterday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers were enslaved by "deviant forms of religion" that used God as a mere ideological pretext to perpetuate mass killings.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-13 03:50:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397444 [Title] => UN anti-torture panel urges US to cease indefinite detention without charge [Summary] =>

The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday unveiled its concluding observations over the United States on its implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-29 22:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1337772 [Title] => US House backs limits on Obama's authority [Summary] =>

The Republican-led House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a $570 billion defense bill that halts any Guantanamo transfers for a year in the furor over the American-for-Taliban swap and pulls back government spying.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-22 02:16:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1274790 [AuthorName] => Donna Cassata [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1332130 [Title] => Taliban says captured US soldier was treated well [Summary] =>

The Taliban said Friday that U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was treated well during the five years they held him captive and was even allowed to play soccer with the men holding him.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-07 07:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1122558 [AuthorName] => Amir Shah [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1262303 [Title] => Penny Lane: Gitmo's other secret CIA facility [Summary] =>

A few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the Guantanamo Bay prison, hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus, sits a closely held secret.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-29 05:34:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1106362 [AuthorName] => Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6505/uw7s.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 963815 [Title] => Witness: No harm to US from leaked Gitmo files [Summary] =>

Secret threat assessments of Guantanamo Bay detainees that Pfc. Bradley Manning gave to WikiLeaks did not harm national security, a former chief prosecutor at the US detention facility in Cuba testified yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-10 07:28:27 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249282 [AuthorName] => David Dishneau [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/580/dorn.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917666 [Title] => Bin Laden spokesman pleads not guilty to plot [Summary] =>

A senior al-Qaida leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, captured in Jordan in the past week, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court in New York to plotting against Americans in his role as the terror network's top spokesman.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-09 06:02:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 902806 [Title] => Obama's envoy for closing Gitmo prison reassigned [Summary] =>

The State Department has reassigned its special envoy for closing the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in another step away from one of President Barack Obama's first campaign promises.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-30 05:16:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 819459 [Title] => Navy to go after rats, mold in Gitmo legal offices [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2012-10-19 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img145/888/guantanamothumb.jpg ) ) )
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