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US moves to suspend Guantanamo

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President Obama has asked for the military trials process in Guantanamo Bay to be suspended. The judge, who was due to hear the case of five men accused of plotting the September 11 attacks, says he will rule on the request. Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith welcomes the news.

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