Nov 3rd, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
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KOROR, Palau — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees on Tuesday thanked the people of Palau for taking them in, but signaled the Pacific Island nation would be only a temporary home.
"We are extremely grateful to the president of Palau and the people of Palau who have graciously accepted us and given us this home," Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman told The Associated Press, in the first comments by the former detainees since they arrived on Sunday.
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Nov 3rd, 2009 - ABC News
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China lashed out at the United States on Monday after the Obama administration sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau.
Muslim ex-Gitmo detainees face challenges in Palau
Nov 2nd, 2009 - AOL News
KOROR, Palau -Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation's already-tiny Muslim community...
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11:00China Remonstration On Released Guantanamo Bay Uighurs Detainees To Their New Home In Bermuda Palau
الكوميدياء العدائية لاتتهم أي طرف وانما هي تنقيح خبر فان وافقتم فمرحبا وان خالفتم فهو الشرف عينه وان اردتم الرد فليس خطيا فاليوتوب ...
3:29Ex-Guantanamo inmates gain asylum in Palau - 21 Nov 09
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3:13The Palau Detainee Agreement (HQ)
Contessa Brewer and Jim Miklaszewski of NBC News - Washington report on the South Pacific island nation of Palau agreeing to "temporarily resettle" the 17 Uighurs, or Chinese Muslims that have been held at Guantanamo Bay as "enemy combatants" since 2001 ...
3:36Rep. Peter King Blames ACLU Lawsuits For The Number Of Gitmo Detainees (HQ)
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