First Guantanamo detainee list released by Pentagon
The Pentagon released a list of 558 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, the first official roster of Combatant Status Review Tribunal outcomes from 2004 and 2005. Names span Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and 39 other countries, with many held over four years and few facing charges.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Guantanamo Bay Prison
Pentagon
Associated Press
al-Qaida
Taliban
Guantanamo
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Guantanamo Bay
Suspicious device found at Atlanta airport
Officials shut down all security checkpoints at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport for about two hours after a suspicious device was detected in a screening machine. The TSA said a possible home made bomb was found, and gates reopened shortly before 4 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson International
Amy von Walter
Transportation Security Administration
Felicia Browder
TSA
Browder
White House shake-up moves Rove from policy role
Karl Rove surrendered his role as chief policy coordinator amid a White House overhaul as Scott McClellan resigned as press secretary. Joel Kaplan will assume key duties, with Joshua Bolten now chief of staff. Bush faces low polls amid Iraq and Katrina fallout.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Karl Rove
Scott McClellan
Rove
Rowe
Joel Kaplan
Joshua Bolten
Bolten
Bush
Supreme Court
Americans flee big cities for cheaper exurban homes
A Census Bureau report shows 2000 to 2004 saw many moving from major metros to cheaper exurbs. Northeasterners head South and West while West Coast residents move inland. Florida, Arizona, and Nevada attract newcomers as New York, California, and Illinois lose residents.
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Washington, D.C
Census Bureau
William Frey
Brookings Institution
Washington
United States
Florida
Arizona
Nevada
New York
California
Illinois
Los Angeles
Chicago
Richard Florida
George Mason University
Riverside
Calif
San Bernardino
Ontario
Inland Empire
Cindy Roth
Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce
Get-tough climate fuels debate over sex offender laws
In a harsh political climate critics question registry fairness and risks after a Nova Scotia man used Maine’s online sex offender data to fatally shoot two registered offenders. Officials still defend registries while Maine keeps its database despite regional ACLU opposition.
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New York
Maine
Fred Berlin
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Berlin
Nova Scotia
Washington State
New Jersey
Megan Kanka
Vermont
New Hampshire
American Civil Liberties Union
Explosion Near U S Embassy in Kabul Wounds Guard
A large blast near the U S Embassy in Kabul injured an Afghan security contractor. Embassy officials said the incident occurred outside embassy property and no Americans were hurt. Staff were moved to bunkers and all embassy personnel are safe. The attack targeted southwest embassy buildings per a U S counterterrorism official.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
U.S
Lou Finter
Finter
Associated Press
Experts authenticate Saddam signature in trial documents
Handwriting experts verified Saddam Hussein signed two crucial documents on death sentences for 148 Shiites and seizure of farmland. Saddam sat silent as Barzan Ibrahim rejected the report as biased. Iraqi experts to continue reviewing remaining papers ahead of Monday session.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Barzan Ibrahim
Raouf Abdel-Rahman
Dujail
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Waco
Texas
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Tonya Cobble
Greenville
Hartsfield Jackson
Atlanta International Airport
McClellan
U.N
Iran
Vienna
Austria
Security Council
International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEA
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