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Uighurs Held at Guantanamo Agree to Go to Palau

KOROR, Palau - Three Chinese Muslims imprisoned for years at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be released to the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, their lawyers told The Associated Press.The deals struck recently with U.S. officials are the first among a group of 13 Uighur detainees at Guantanamo who have been offered relocation to Palau under President Barack Obama's plans to close the controversial prison in Cuba . Negotiations are continuing with the rest of the group.Relocating the Uighurs would bring the Obama administration a step closer to its goal of finding new homes for terrorism suspects and others captured in Afghanistan who have been cleared of wrongdoing but cannot go home for fear of persecution.But it has also raised tension with Beijing, which regards the inmates as terrorist suspects and wants them returned to China .George Clarke, the lawyer for two of the Uighurs, Dawut Abdurehim and Anwar Assan, said Tuesday that they had both recently formally accepted...

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  8. Some Guantanamo Detainees Resisting Move to Palau

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  10. Former Chinese Muslim Detainees Arrive in Palau

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  11. Bermudan, U.S. Governments Take Hits for Moving Uighurs Out of Guantanamo

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  12. U.S. Money May Have Swayed Palau to Take Uighur Gitmo Detainees

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  5. Supreme Court to Hear Case of Uighur Detainees

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  6. 2 More Uighur Detainees at Gitmo Heading to Palau

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