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Malaysia-Myanmar detainee swap plan raises worries
Malaysia's leading rights group criticized a government proposal to send some detainees from Myanmar home, saying Wednesday that their lives could be in danger in the military-dominated country.Malaysian Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein announced this week that his country has agreed in principle to deport an unspecified number of about 1,000 Myanmarese citizens held at Malaysian detention centers

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Canada: Military unaware of Afghan torture

Canada released declassified documents Wednesday that it said cleared military officials of charges that they ignored evidence that Taliban prisoners handed over to Afghanistan's intelligence

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Australia returns passport to ex-Gitmo detainee

An Egyptian-born Australian has had his passport returned six years after his release from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay because he is no longer considered a risk to national

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Hill panel backs limits on detainee transfers
A House panel is backing limits on President Barack Obama's authority to transfer terrorist suspects from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries.

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India, Pak working on mechanism for release of fishermen
Islamabad: India and Pakistan today announced that they were working on setting up a mechanism for the release of fishermen who inadvertently cross the maritime boundary between the two countries as

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