Feb 20

Guantanamo review ready for Obama: Pentagon<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - The US Defense Department on Friday said it had finished a review ordered by President Barack Obama examining conditions at the Guantanamo prison to ensure inmates are held in keeping with the Geneva Conventions and other laws.

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Feb 20

Kyrgyz president signs US base closure bill<br /> (AP)<br />

AP - Kyrgyzstan’s president has signed a law to close a key U.S. air base used as a staging post for military operations in Afghanistan.

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