Obama says Italy will take 3 Guantanamo detainees

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Source: AP

Italy has agreed to accept three detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama said Monday after an Oval Office meeting with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi. As he looks to close the prison by early next year, Obama has been banking on foreign countries and some communities in the United States to take in some detainees who cannot go to their own countries for fear of ill-treatment.

Last month, Italy's foreign minister, Franco Frattini, said Italy was considering a U.S. request to take two Tunisian prisoners from the detention center in Cuba.

Earlier, the European Union agreed to help the Obama administration "turn the page" on Guantanamo, which was set up under President George W. Bush. In a joint statement, the EU and the U.S. said some EU nations are ready "to assist with the reception of certain former Guantanamo detainees, on a case-by-case basis."

Berlusconi's meeting with Obama offered the Italian leader a chance to rehabilitate his international reputation after a scandal over his link to an 18-year-old model and ahead of a major summit he is hosting next month...

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_italy

[Uzybone]

1. Palin vs Letterman is more important

[winyanstaz]

2. And we will never know if these people that were imprisoned

and raped and tortured for years were innocent or not. My, how nice and convenient for Bush and co.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Italy to take Guantanamo inmates

Source: BBC News

Italy has agreed to take three detainees from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, US President Barack Obama has said.

He announced the agreement after talks on Monday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at the White House.

The US seeks to transfer detainees to other countries or US communities after Mr Obama's pledge to close the camp.

The European Union earlier endorsed a deal with Washington to transfer some inmates to Europe.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8102267.stm

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4. K&R