Palau agrees to accept Uighur detainees from Guantanamo (McClatchy Newspapers)

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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — To the relief of the Obama administration, the South Pacific island nation of Palau agreed Wednesday to take the 17 Muslim Uighurs from China who're still being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the first major release of detainees since President Barack Obama announced his plan to close the prison by next January.

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