China may have pressured Australia to refuse to take six Uighur men released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to the Pacific island nation ...
E-mail, air conditioners and a shave: Former Guantanamo detainees begin new lives in Palau They've shaved off the long beards they wore at ...
Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs who had been held at Guantanamo Bay were transferred to the Pacific island nation of Palau to be resettled there, the US Justice Department and lawyers said. The men, who had been held on the US military base ...
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is at loggerheads with the US over what it has deemed an "inadequate" offer of aid under a treaty which governs their relations. Under the original compact of free association between Washington and the former US ...
Uighur leader says Chinese detainees at Guantanamo should be allowed to stay in US A group of Chinese Muslims detained for years at the Guantanamo Bay military prison should be allowed to settle in the United States, an exiled leader of the ...
TAIPEI/SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Palau, a nation of sparsely populated Pacific islands surrounded by turquoise waters teeming with fish and giant clams, is so obscure most people must scour a map to find it. But with a crop of high-end resorts coming ...
The tiny Pacific republic of Palau, which has declared itself the world's first shark sanctuary, has urged international respect for the decision to compensate for its lack of enforcement ability. President Johnson Toribiong unveiled details of the sanctuary in his speech to ...
The US administration told Congress it plans to transfer eight Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo to Palau, official documents showed, as President Barack Obama inches toward closure of the controversial prison. The US State Department notified Congress on September 16 that "the ...
AP Exclusive: Tiny Palau with just 1 patrol boat creates world's first shark sanctuary The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world's first shark sanctuary, a biological hotspot to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and more than ...
This undated photo provided by the Micronesian Shark Foundation shows shark fins that were bagged for transport from an allegedly illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel busted in Palau on Aug. 5, 2009. The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world's first ...
Obama administration says 6 to 8 Uighurs will soon leave Guantanamo for freedom in Palau The Obama administration says at least six, and as many as eight, Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will soon leave their island prison for freedom ...
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, Palau President Johnson Toribiong talks with a reporter during an interview in Palau. Two more Chinese Muslim detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be relocated to the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, their ...
