Omar Khadr

U.S. confirms it held 12 juveniles at Guantanamo

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. has revised its count of juveniles ever held at Guantanamo Bay to 12, up from the eight it reported in May to the United Nations, a Pentagon spokesman said Sunday. The government has...

Palestine is the Key to World Peace

By Aijaz Zaka SyedDear Mr Obama,Salaam, I am not sure if this will ever pass your eyes. At a time when the whole world is excited about your landmark election and everybody who is somebody is talking about your meteoric rise,...

Ontario lawyers call on PM to seek Khadr's return

The Canadian Press TORONTO -- The group that oversees Ontario's lawyers is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to ask the U.S. to return Omar Khadr to Canada. Khadr, the only Canadian citizen being held in Guantanamo Bay,...

Trapped in Guantanamo: Military Oaths Confront the Constitution in the Omar Khadr Case

The child, Omar Khadr, was born in Toronto, Canada, on September 19, 1986. He was in Afghanistan because his parents took him there when he was 10 years old, to indoctrinate him and to give him military training for jihad. He...

Canadians prefer tangible foreign aid to value spreading: Poll

Canadians say providing bridges, roads and other forms of concrete foreign assistance is more important than spreading such Canadian values as democracy, freedom of speech and gender equality, says a new Environics survey.

Plans in works to close Guantanamo, move trials to U.S.: advisers

President-elect Barack Obama appears to be crafting a proposal that could see imprisoned terrorism suspects moved from Guantanamo Bay to the United States to face trial, according to advisers close to the discussions.

Bush, Obama meet

Barack Obama and President George W. Bush sat down together today at the White House as crowds lined the streets of downtown Washington, cheering the president-elect as his motorcade made its way to and from 1600 Pennsylvania...

Obama could halt Khadr's Guantanamo Bay trial

The prospect that Omar Khadr will see his Guantanamo Bay terrorism trial cancelled rose Monday as it emerged that Barack Obama's advisers were seeking ways he can make scrapping the Bush administration's military commission...

New Zealand elects conservative leader

New Zealanders chose a wealthy, conservative former financier Saturday to help navigate the country through the global financial meltdown, handing long-serving left-wing Prime Minister Helen Clark a crushing election defeat.

U.S. and Allies Tortured Kids In Iraq Prisons

Since it invaded Iraq in 2003, the U.S. has detained hundreds of juveniles---some of whom were tortured and sexually abused, according to published reports. Figures of the number of children behind bars vary. At times the...

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