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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Palau</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>China pressured Australia to refuse six Uighurs: Palau President</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR - Palau President Johnson Toribiong has indicated that China may have pressured Australia to refuse to take six Uighur men released from Guantanamo Bay and sent to the Pacific island nation.

Toribiong said that though Palau welcomed the six Uighurs (from a region in China&#8217;s far west), who have spent almost eight years in detention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail, air conditioners and a shave: Former Guantanamo detainees begin new lives in Palau</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-Guantanamo detainees begin new lives in Palau
KOROR, Palau — They&#8217;ve shaved off the long beards they wore at Guantanamo Bay, and they were angered at a local newspaper report that casually referred to them as terrorists.
The six Chinese Muslim men were also relieved and thankful to be out of the U.S. prison and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Guantanamo detainee thanks Palau for accepting him, says stay may only be temporary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Guantanamo detainees begin life in Palau
KOROR, Palau — Former Guantanamo Bay detainees on Tuesday thanked the people of Palau for taking them in, but signaled the Pacific Island nation would be only a temporary home.

&#8220;We are extremely grateful to the president of Palau and the people of Palau who have graciously accepted us and given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uighurs welcomed in Palau, but face challenges as tiny Muslim community set to shrink</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathon Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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Muslim ex-Gitmo detainees face challenges in Palau

KOROR, Palau — Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation&#8217;s already-tiny Muslim community, making integration harder.
The ex-detainees, who are Muslim ethnic Uighurs from a region in China&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay arrive at new home on Pacific island of Palau</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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6 former Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau
KOROR, Palau — Six Chinese Muslims newly released from Guantanamo Bay were wide awake and excited Sunday as they traded life behind bars for rooms with ocean view in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which agreed to a U.S. request to resettle them.
The ethnic Uighurs, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay arrive in Pacific nation for resettlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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6 Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau
KOROR, Palau — Six Chinese Muslims released from Guantanamo Bay but still wanted at home as separatists arrived Sunday on their new tropical island home of Palau after the tiny Pacific nation agreed to a U.S. request to resettle the men.
The ethnic Uighurs were met Sunday at Palau&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Source: 6 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay arrive in Pacific nation for resettlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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Source: 6 Guantanamo detainees resettle in Palau
KOROR, Palau — Six Chinese Muslims who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay arrived Sunday in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau for resettlement, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.
The men arrived in Palau early Sunday, the person, who spoke on condition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return of WWII airman&#8217;s remains after 65 years brings comfort to Southern California family</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Family welcomes home remains of WWII airman

HIGHLAND, Calif. — For two decades after her son&#8217;s bomber went down in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, Vella Stinson faithfully wrote the U.S. government twice a month to ask if his body had been found — or if anyone was looking.
The mother of six strapping boys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uighur leader says Chinese detainees at Guantanamo should be allowed to stay in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A group of Chinese Muslims detained for years at the Guantanamo Bay military prison should be allowed to settle in the United States, an exiled leader of the ethnic minority said Wednesday.

Officials in Washington have struggled to find a place for 13 Uighurs still being held in U.S. custody after the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Tiny Palau with just 1 patrol boat creates world&#8217;s first shark sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Heilprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is creating the world&#8217;s first shark sanctuary, a biological hotspot to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species fighting extinction in the Pacific Ocean.

But with only one boat to patrol 240,000 square miles (621,600 square kilometers) of Palau&#8217;s newly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration says 6 to 8 Uighurs will soon leave Guantanamo for freedom in Palau</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says at least six, and as many as eight, Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will soon leave their island prison for freedom in another island nation, Palau.

Word of the upcoming transfer to the tiny Pacific country, planned for sometime after Oct. 1, came in a letter released Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer: 2 more Uighur detainees at Guantanamo agree to move to Palau</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Two more Chinese Muslim detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be relocated to the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, their lawyer said Saturday, bringing to six the total who will resettle.

Palau has offered 13 ethnic Uighurs held at the U.S. military prison in Cuba a chance to move there — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4th Guantanamo Bay detainee agrees to move to Palau, and US says more may accept offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — A fourth Chinese Muslim detainee held at Guantanamo Bay has agreed to be relocated to the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, officials said Tuesday.

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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First batch of Uighur detainees at Guantanamo agree to go to Palau</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/first-batch-of-uighur-detainees-at-guantanamo-agree-to-go-to-palau-164416/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Three Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay have formally accepted an offer to take up new lives in the Pacific island nation of Palau and could be moved there as early as next month, lawyers say.

They are the first among a group of 13 ethnic Uighurs being held at the U.S. military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government blip gives away New Englanders&#8217; Social Security numbers to Pacific Islanders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/government-blip-gives-away-new-englanders-social-security-numbers-to-pacific-islanders-141184/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly Ramer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CONCORD, N.H. — When Tropical Storm Chata&#8217;an struck the Federated States of Micronesia in 2002, the U.S. government sent 1,300 blankets, 4,000 disposable diapers, 30 cases of sardines — and my Social Security number.

The nine digits that govern so much of Americans&#8217; identities are supposed to be ours for life — and only ours. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyer says some Uighur Guantanamo detainees have agreed to go to Palau, formal deal is close</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lawyer-says-some-uighur-guantanamo-detainees-have-agreed-to-go-to-palau-formal-deal-is-close-131056/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Some Chinese Muslims still detained at Guantanamo Bay have overcome reservations about being sent to the remote Pacific nation of Palau, and a final deal on their relocation was close, a lawyer for two of them said Wednesday.

The Uighur detainees met with U.S. State Department officials on Monday and told the diplomats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau to ask US for more aid as it awaits arrival of Guantanamo detainees</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-to-ask-us-for-more-aid-as-it-awaits-arrival-of-guantanamo-detainees-102515/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Kaminsky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Palau is asking longtime benefactor the United States for a 35-year extension on direct aid funding — and hinting Washington should say yes because of its offer to take in 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Both Palauan and U.S. officials have denied any direct link between the country&#8217;s willingness to take in the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo detainees worry that Palau is too small to protect them from China, president says</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELEKEOK, Palau — Some Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay are hesitant about accepting this tiny Pacific nation&#8217;s offer to take them in because they fear it cannot shield them from China, Palau&#8217;s president said Tuesday.

An American official in Palau described the concerns as unwarranted, pointing out that Beijing has no political influence over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau says some Guantanamo detainees reject move to Pacific islands over security fears</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-says-some-guantanamo-detainees-reject-move-to-pacific-islands-over-security-fears-89307/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MELEKEOK, Palau — Some Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay who have been offered resettlement in Palau are leery of moving to the tiny Pacific island nation for fear that it cannot protect them from China, Palau&#8217;s president said Tuesday.

Palau sent a fact-finding team to the Guantanamo Bay detention center earlier this month to assess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau leaders reiterate US ties after visit to aircraft carrier near their Pacific nation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-leaders-reiterate-us-ties-after-visit-to-aircraft-carrier-near-their-pacific-nation-88236/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-leaders-reiterate-us-ties-after-visit-to-aircraft-carrier-near-their-pacific-nation-88236/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD USS GEORGE WASHINGTON — Palau&#8217;s leaders got a close look Sunday at one of the world&#8217;s largest warships and said it convinced them of the importance of close U.S. ties for the tiny Pacific nation recently thrust into the global spotlight for agreeing to accept 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a symbol of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau&#8217;s Muslims have mixed feelings on arrival of Guantanamo detainees in their community</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palaus-muslims-have-mixed-feelings-on-arrival-of-guantanamo-detainees-in-their-community-86420/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palaus-muslims-have-mixed-feelings-on-arrival-of-guantanamo-detainees-in-their-community-86420/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — At the call to prayer, the men turn one-by-one down a narrow path through the jungle, marked only by a towering coconut tree.

Hidden at the end of the dirt track stands the sole mosque in Koror, home to more than two-thirds of people in Palau, the tiny Pacific nation that has agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo detainees&#8217; expected arrival in Palau doesn&#8217;t scare off tourists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guantanamo-detainees-expected-arrival-in-palau-doesnt-scare-off-tourists-85582/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guantanamo-detainees-expected-arrival-in-palau-doesnt-scare-off-tourists-85582/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Palau can probably stop worrying that the expected arrival of 13 Guantanamo detainees might scare off tourists.

The diving is just too spectacular.
Visitors to the remote Pacific nation famous for its tropical waters, dramatic coral and rich marine life said Thursday that they&#8217;ve discovered the best diving of their lives here and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guantanamo Uighurs may not want to move to Palau, official says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guantanamo-uighurs-may-not-want-to-move-to-palau-official-says-84405/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guantanamo-uighurs-may-not-want-to-move-to-palau-official-says-84405/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — A group of Guantanamo detainees expected to be resettled in Palau may not want to move to the remote Pacific nation, a Palauan official said Wednesday.

Last weekend, Palau sent a fact-finding team to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to meet with the 13 Uighurs — Turkic Muslims from China&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific nation of Palau mourns soldier&#8217;s death amid worries about Guantanamo detainees</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pacific-nation-of-palau-mourns-soldiers-death-amid-worries-about-guantanamo-detainees-82870/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NGARDMAU, Palau — The war in Afghanistan hit too close to home for the tiny village of Ngardmau in this remote, close-knit Pacific nation.

Hundreds throughout Palau, from children to the president, gathered Tuesday in sweltering heat to mourn Jasper Obakrairur, a 26-year-old U.S. Army sergeant and the first Palauan killed in Afghanistan. They wept as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau&#8217;s acceptance of Uighurs comes amid talks to renew key US accord</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palaus-acceptance-of-uighurs-comes-amid-talks-to-renew-key-us-accord-82139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — Palau&#8217;s decision to take in 13 Guantanamo detainees is a humanitarian gesture from a country that prides itself on welcoming society&#8217;s castaways.

It also appears to be about the money.
President Johnson Toribiong has repeatedly denied that this tiny Pacific archipelago stands to benefit financially in exchange for accepting the Chinese Muslims, known as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau helps Myanmar asylum seekers as residents await arrival of Guantanamo detainees</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-helps-myanmar-asylum-seekers-as-residents-await-arrival-of-guantanamo-detainees-81387/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-helps-myanmar-asylum-seekers-as-residents-await-arrival-of-guantanamo-detainees-81387/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — The newcomers on this tiny Pacific nation are young and in limbo, scared that they&#8217;ll be arrested if they&#8217;re sent back to their native land. Most speak no English, but they say they&#8217;re astounded by the generosity of Palau and its people.

They are not the Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo who made world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Guantanamo detainees&#8217; move to Palau not a done deal, president says</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-guantanamo-detainees-move-to-palau-not-a-done-deal-president-says-80649/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-guantanamo-detainees-move-to-palau-not-a-done-deal-president-says-80649/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — The tiny Pacific island nation that agreed to accept 13 Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo prison has offered itself as a safe haven before.

Palau, famed for lush tropical landscapes and spectacular diving, earlier agreed to take in former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot and rescued Afghan refugees, its president said Saturday. But neither [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House won&#8217;t rule out freeing some Guantanamo detainees in US, speeds overseas relocation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-wont-rule-out-freeing-some-guantanamo-detainees-in-us-speeds-overseas-relocation-80343/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-wont-rule-out-freeing-some-guantanamo-detainees-in-us-speeds-overseas-relocation-80343/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Despite fierce opposition in Congress, the White House insisted Friday it has not ruled out releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States. But with narrowing options, the administration has begun shipping newly cleared inmates abroad to regain momentum in its effort to close the Cuba-based prison camp.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese Muslim detainees may find new home in Palau just as strange as Guantanamo Bay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-muslim-detainees-may-find-new-home-in-palau-just-as-strange-as-guantanamo-bay-80227/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-muslim-detainees-may-find-new-home-in-palau-just-as-strange-as-guantanamo-bay-80227/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Foreman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — They came from a land of scorching deserts, snowcapped mountains, camels and mosques. Now after several miserable years imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, 13 Muslims from China will try to resettle on the tiny Pacific nation of Palau — a land of lush beach resorts.

Some residents said Friday they are afraid of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public backlash mounts in Palau against accepting Chinese Muslims from Guantanamo Bay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/public-backlash-mounts-in-palau-against-accepting-chinese-muslims-from-guantanamo-bay-79571/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/public-backlash-mounts-in-palau-against-accepting-chinese-muslims-from-guantanamo-bay-79571/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOROR, Palau — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau&#8217;s decision to allow 13 Chinese Muslims from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to resettle there has sparked anger among islanders who fear for the safety of the tranquil tourist haven.

The U.S. government determined last year that the Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, were not enemy combatants and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bermuda accepts 4 Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo, angering Britain, China</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bermuda-accepts-4-chinese-muslims-detained-at-guantanamo-angering-britain-china-78916/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bermuda-accepts-4-chinese-muslims-detained-at-guantanamo-angering-britain-china-78916/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay prison were freed Thursday and resettled in Bermuda, sparking complaints from China and Britain even as the Obama administration tried to iron out details for sending more detainees to the Pacific island of Palau.

The four were among 17 Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, picked up in Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo have been freed to live in Bermuda</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-chinese-muslims-detained-at-guantanamo-have-been-freed-to-live-in-bermuda-78638/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-chinese-muslims-detained-at-guantanamo-have-been-freed-to-live-in-bermuda-78638/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Four of the Chinese Muslims who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay for years while courts and nations debated their fate were freed Thursday and resettled in Bermuda.

They were among 17 Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, picked up in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2001 who remained at the military detention center in Cuba even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China objects to Palau resettling 17 Guantanamo men, calling them &#8216;terrorist suspects&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-objects-to-palau-resettling-17-guantanamo-men-calling-them-terrorist-suspects-78437/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-objects-to-palau-resettling-17-guantanamo-men-calling-them-terrorist-suspects-78437/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Palau&#8217;s president said Thursday that his tiny Pacific nation&#8217;s tradition of hospitality prompted the decision to take in 13 Chinese Muslims in limbo at Guantanamo Bay, but China called them &#8220;terrorist suspects&#8221; and demanded they be sent home.

The other four Chinese Muslims, or Uighurs, left U.S. detention for a new home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China says Palau-bound detainees from Guantanamo should be handed over</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-says-palau-bound-detainees-from-guantanamo-should-be-handed-over-78322/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/china-says-palau-bound-detainees-from-guantanamo-should-be-handed-over-78322/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Beijing said Thursday that the 17 Chinese Muslims the United States is sending to Pacific island nation of Palau are terrorists and should be handed back to China instead.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the United States should &#8220;stop handing over terrorist suspects to any third country, so as to expatriate them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing demands return of 17 Muslim detainees being sent to Palau, calls them terrorists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/beijing-demands-return-of-17-muslim-detainees-being-sent-to-palau-calls-them-terrorists-78315/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/beijing-demands-return-of-17-muslim-detainees-being-sent-to-palau-calls-them-terrorists-78315/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Beijing says the 17 Chinese Muslims the United States is sending to Pacific island nation of Palau are terrorists and should be handed back to China instead.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Thursday that the United States should &#8220;stop handing over terrorist suspects to any third country, so as to expatriate them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palau leader did not consider China reaction in offering to resettle Guantanamo detainees</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-leader-did-not-consider-china-reaction-in-offering-to-resettle-guantanamo-detainees-78188/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/palau-leader-did-not-consider-china-reaction-in-offering-to-resettle-guantanamo-detainees-78188/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Palau&#8217;s president said Thursday his tiny Pacific nation will take in 17 Chinese Muslims who are in limbo at Guantanamo Bay because they have become &#8220;international vagabonds&#8221; who deserve his country&#8217;s age-old tradition of hospitality.

President Johnson Toribiong noted, however, that the Uighur detaines from China&#8217;s arid west would start their new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remote Pacific archipelago Palau agrees to take Guantanamo&#8217;s Chinese Uighur detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Palau agreed to accept 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay, indicating a resolution to one of the major obstacles to closing the U.S. prison camp.

The announcement Wednesday by the Pacific archipelago, which would clear the last of the Uighurs from the camp in Cuba, was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pacific state Palau agrees to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay detention center</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pacific-state-palau-agrees-to-take-uighur-detainees-from-guantanamo-bay-detention-center-77142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Lilley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tropical Pacific island nation of Palau announced Wednesday it will accept up to 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay despite a Pentagon determination that they are not &#8220;enemy combatants.&#8221;

China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry had no immediate reaction to the decision by Palau to grant Washington&#8217;s request [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remote Pacific state Palau agrees to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/remote-pacific-state-palau-agrees-to-take-uighur-detainees-from-guantanamo-77039/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The tropical Pacific island nation of Palau announced Wednesday it will accept up to 17 Chinese Muslims who have languished in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay despite a Pentagon determination that they are not &#8220;enemy combatants.&#8221;

China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry had no immediate reaction to the decision by Palau to grant Washington&#8217;s request [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US looks to remote South Pacific island to take Uighur detainees from Guantanamo</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-looks-to-remote-south-pacific-island-to-take-uighur-detainees-from-guantanamo-76413/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is in talks with the remote South Pacific island nation of Palau to resettle a group of Chinese Muslims now held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, The Associated Press has learned.

As they attempt to fulfill President Barack Obama&#8217;s order to close the Guantanamo facility by early next year, administration [...]]]></description>
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