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Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

Dozens of Guantanamo detainees are getting their day in court after years of waiting. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
 

Teekay LNG prices offering at $24.40 per unit

Teekay LNG prices follow-on offering of $3.5 million units at $24.40 apiece. Teekay LNG Partners LP, a liquefied gas shipping venture, said on Tuesday that it has priced a public offering of 3.5 million units at $24.40 apiece, about 1 percent above the stock's opening price for the day of $24.15.
 

Junior miner surges on gold assays

Montana gold was music to the ears of some shareholders Tuesday, while a composite products stock popped on a purchase order. . Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report for Tuesday, November 17, 2009
 

Caribbean news briefs

PUERTO RICO: Suspect charged with murder in slaying of gay teenager in US Caribbean territory
 

Behind missed Gitmo deadline: No one wants jailees

Behind missed deadline for closing Gitmo: US struggles to get countries to take its prisoners. President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison ? partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
 

Excerpts from rulings in Guantanamo Bay cases

Case summaries and judges' rulings on Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking release from prison. Case summaries and excerpts from the opinions by U.S. District Court judges for the 30 terrorism detainees ordered released from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison and the eight denied release since late 2008:
 

Excerpts from rulings in Guantanamo Bay cases

Case summaries and excerpts from the opinions by U.S. District Court judges for the 30 terrorism detainees ordered released from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison and the eight denied release since late 2008:
 

Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court

After years of waiting, dozens of Guantanamo detainees are getting their day in court. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
 

2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland

2 Uzbeks from Guantanamo prison arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more. Two Uzbeks freed from the Guantanamo Bay prison arrived Sunday in Ireland, and Amnesty International appealed to other European Union nations to deliver on pledges to give new homes to U.S. terror detainees.
 

Caribbean news briefs

CARIBBEAN: 2 Uzbeks from Gitmo arrive in Ireland; Amnesty asks other EU nations to do more
 

Telenor, Alfa end legal battle, plan asset merger

Norway's Telenor, Russia's Alfa group say they end legal battles, plan asset merger. Norway's Telenor and Russian conglomerate Alfa Group said Monday they are ending their longstanding legal battles and combining their main mobile phone holdings in Russia and Ukraine into a single company, a deal Telenor's CEO called a milestone.
 

Telenor ends Russia telecoms dispute

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor and Russia's Altimo announced on Monday the creation of new a mobile operator, ending a protracted feud over control of a leading Russian mobile operator.
 

Altimo, Telenor 'end dispute with joint venture'

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor and Russia's Altimo are to create a mobile operator to end a long-running feud over control of one of Russia's main mobile service providers, the companies said on Monday.
 

Bermuda acquits NY tourist, 67, on bullet charge

Bermuda judge acquits visiting New York woman, 67, on charge of possessing bullets. A 67-year-old woman from New York was acquitted Friday on a charge of carrying nearly a dozen bullets in her bag as she and her husband left Bermuda after a golfing vacation.
 

Caribbean news briefs

CUBA: Big changes: State-media says ration book obsolete; islanders may have to do without it
 

Suspect in 1968 hijacking 'arrested in NY'

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a man who has been living in Cuba for four decades to avoid prosecution for his role in an airline hijacking, The New York Times reported Monday.
 

San Fran named best US city by Conde Nast Traveler

San Francisco, Charleston, Santa Fe named best cities by Conde Nast Traveler readers. San Francisco was named the best U.S. city to visit for the 17th year in a row in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
 

San Fran named best US city by Conde Nast Traveler

San Francisco, Charleston, Santa Fe named best cities by Conde Nast Traveler readers. San Francisco was named the best U.S. city to visit for the 17th year in a row in Conde Nast Traveler magazine's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
 

Twin targets for Cink at elite Grand Slam event

MIAMI (Reuters) - British Open champion Stewart Cink has two goals in his sights for this week's end-of-season Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda.
 

Ex-Gitmo prisoners work major Bermuda tournament

Ex-Guantanamo prisoners work behind-the-scenes of PGA Grand Slam in Bermuda. Four former Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have settled in Bermuda are playing a behind-the-scenes role in the wealthy island's sporting event of the year.