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Obama may limit drone use, discuss Guantanamo in major speech
* New details on how to close Guantanamo * Obama been battered by scandals over secrecy * Pentagon may take control of some drones from CIA (Adds limits on drones, increase in Guantanamo hunger strikers) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama willvow on Thursday to be more open to the public about the U.S.fight against terrorism and may lay out limits for the use ...
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Reports: Obama To Limit Drones, Urge Action On Guantanamo
The president is set to deliver Thursday what's being billed as a major address on national security. Officials are telling news outlets that he'll be addressing two controversial topics: The use of drones to kill suspected terrorists; and the closing of the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech
President Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed drone strikes around the world, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security.
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Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was detained.
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Military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
MIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close the camp.
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Beyonce shares anniversary pics of controversial Cuba trip with Jay-Z
New York, May 23 : Beyonce, who celebrated her fifth wedding anniversary last month in Cuba with her husband Jay-Z, has shared pictures of the controversial trip on Tumblr.
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Drone Strikes Have Killed 4 Americans
Washington — The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time yesterday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy.
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Cuban FM to arrive in India on May 25
New Delhi, May 23 : Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will pay an official visit to India from May 25 to 27.
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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown
By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - The trial of a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials began on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption. The closed trial of 53-year-old Sarkis Yacoubian, originally from Armenia and the owner of import firm Tri-Star Caribbean, was expected to last two days. An associate of Yacoubian ...
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Five Best Thursday Columns
Maria Bustillos at The New Yorker on small-scale surveillance "The real surprise to me about the Department of Justice's secret snooping on Associated Press phone records was that it would be such a surprise, given the visibly vast security and intelligence apparatus erected by the U.S. government over the past decade," writes Maria Bustillos, who examines the rise of private, individual ...
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