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                     Oman Accepts Six Guantanamo Detainees

   by VOA News

   Oman has accepted for resettlement six Yemeni men who were detainees at
   the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. The men arrived in Oman
   Saturday.

   The U.S. Defense Department issued a statement saying it is "grateful
   to the Government of Oman for its humanitarian gesture and willingness
   to support ongoing U.S. efforts to close the Guantanamo Bay detention
   facility."

   The long-held Yemenis' release brings the population at the
   internationally condemned jail at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, where
   most prisoners have been held without being charged or tried, down to
   116.

   U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to close the detention facility when
   he first ran for office, but lawmakers and Pentagon officials have
   blocked his goal of emptying the prison.

   Some material for this report comes from AP and Reuters.
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