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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.
 

Uighurs swap Gitmo fatigues for Bermuda shorts

Every morning Khalil Mamut rides to work through winding palm-lined lanes on his rental scooter.
 

Bermuda 'world top 500' hotel to close partially

Bermuda resort voted 1 of world's top 500 hotels to partially close amid economic crisis. A posh Bermuda resort named one of the world's top 500 hotels this year will close its century-old main building because the economic crisis has sapped tourism to the island.
 

Guantanamo ex-prisoners get jobs on golf course

HAMILTON (Reuters) - Four Guantanamo prisoners who were released to Bermuda in June have been given jobs tending a public golf course on the tiny Atlantic island.
 

Report: Clintons on Bermuda getaway despite storm

Double Billing: As Hurricane Bill approaches, Clintons reportedly take getaway to Bermuda. As Hurricane Bill approaches Bermuda, another well-known Bill is reportedly paying a visit to the Atlantic island.
 

Former Gitmo detainees work on Bermuda golf course

Former Guantanamo detainees find work in Bermuda, prepare fairways for PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Four Chinese Muslims once confined to small prison cells as suspected terrorists at Guantanamo are now helping prepare the wide-open spaces of an oceanside golf course for the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
 

Guantanamo ex-prisoners get jobs on golf course

HAMILTON (Reuters) - Four Guantanamo prisoners who were released to Bermuda in June have been given jobs tending a public golf course on the tiny Atlantic island.
 

Bermuda rejects cruise ship gaming bill

Bermuda lawmakers reject premier's bill to allow gambling by cruise ship passengers. Bermuda lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have allowed cruise ship passengers to play gaming machines on vessels making port calls at night in the British Atlantic territory.
 

Bermuda woman sentenced in theft of premier's info

Bermuda woman gets suspended sentence for stealing premier's debit card info to buy pizza. A hotel worker has received a suspended prison sentence for stealing the debit card information of Bermuda's premier and using it to buy pizza.
 

Bermuda premier survives no confidence vote

Bermuda's parliament rejects bid to punish premier for accepting 4 Guantanamo prisoners. Bermuda's premier survived a no-confidence vote Saturday aimed at punishing him for allowing four former Guantanamo prisoners to settle in the British island territory.
 

Caribbean news briefs

CARIBBEAN: House set to put new restrictions on Guantanamo closing in US spending bill
 

Bermuda protesters denounce Guantanamo decision

HAMILTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters called for Bermudian Premier Ewart Brown to step down on Tuesday and accused him of acting like a dictator in allowing four Guantanamo prisoners from China to settle on the mid-Atlantic island.
 

Chinese Muslims face culture shock in Palau

Chinese Muslim detainees may find new home in Palau just as strange as Guantanamo Bay. They came from a land of scorching deserts, snowcapped mountains, camels and mosques. Now after several miserable years imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, 13 Muslims from China will try to resettle on the tiny Pacific nation of Palau ? a land of lush beach resorts.
 

Chinese Muslims face culture shock in Palau

Chinese Muslim detainees may find new home in Palau just as strange as Guantanamo Bay. They came from a land of scorching deserts, snowcapped mountains, camels and mosques. Now after several miserable years imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, 13 Muslims from China will try to resettle on the tiny Pacific nation of Palau ? a land of lush beach resorts.
 

Row over release of Guantanamo Uighurs on Bermuda

Four Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay have been released in Bermuda where they hailed their new freedom, but Britain chided its overseas territory saying it should have been consulted on the move.
 

Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda

Four Uighurs locked up for seven years in Guantanamo Bay have been released in Bermuda, where they hailed their new freedom after the United States refused to settle them and China pressed to take them.
 

4 former Guantanamo detainees in a new world

From China to Afghanistan to Guantanamo, and now Bermuda _ new chapter opens for Uighurs. Four Guantanamo detainees from arid, predominantly Muslim western China were transferred to this very proper British colony Thursday, marking an unexpected new chapter in their odyssey.
 

Bermuda takes 4 Uighur detainees from Gitmo

Bermuda accepts 4 Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo, angering Britain, China. Four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay prison were freed Thursday and resettled in Bermuda, sparking complaints from China and Britain even as the Obama administration tried to iron out details for sending more detainees to the Pacific island of Palau.
 

Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda

Four Uighurs locked up for seven years in Guantanamo Bay were released Thursday in Bermuda, where they hailed their new freedom after the United States refused to settle them and China pressed to take them.
 

Guantanamo Uighurs hail freedom in Bermuda

Four Uighurs locked up for seven years in Guantanamo Bay were released Thursday in Bermuda, where they hailed their new freedom after the United States refused to settle them and China pressed to take them.