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The U.S. Agency for International Development will begin conducting financial reviews of about a dozen Cuba democracy groups that receive federal money to answer concerns in Congress about possible fraud totaling at least $500,000. ...more.

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Guantanamo Judge Blocks Use of Some Statements

added on 2008-07-22 09:30:30 (Washington Post - Politics)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba. July 21 -- Prosecutors in the trial of Osama bin Laden's former driver cannot use as evidence some statements the defendant gave interrogators because they were obtained under "highly coercive" conditions while he was a captive in Afghanistan, a military judge ruled Monday... ...more.

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Mukasey Asks Congress to Write New Rules on Detainees

added on 2008-07-22 09:30:31 (Washington Post - Politics)

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey this morning urged lawmakers to step into the debate over how the U.S. legal system should handle claims by detainees at the U.S. naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, beseeching Congress to help answer difficult questions about the rights that should be... ...more.

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Detainee's Trial in Military System Begins Today

added on 2008-07-21 10:00:21 (Washington Post - Politics)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- Nearly seven years after President Bush declared an "extraordinary emergency" that empowered him to bring terrorists before military judges, Osama bin Laden's former driver is scheduled to go on trial Monday in the first test of whether that system can dispense fair and... ...more.

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Cuba leases state land to farmers

added on 2008-07-18 19:30:09 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production. ...more.

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Cuba lowers reform expectations

added on 2008-07-12 05:30:08 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

The global food and energy crisis will delay the effects of economic reforms in Cuba, President Raul Castro warns. ...more.

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Appeals Court Invalidates Detainee's 'Enemy' Status

added on 2008-07-06 09:30:38 (Washington Post - Politics)

A federal appeals court in Washington has invalidated the Bush administration's finding that a detainee held for more than six years in the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba is an "enemy combatant," and has ordered the government to release him, transfer him or offer him a new hearing. ...more.

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