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  IN THE CAMPS

  Guantánamo: 2 detainees quit hunger strike; calm in communal prison

  Two Guantánamo captives have quit their hunger strike, the military said Thursday, reporting the first dip in the prison camps protest and a cessation of clashes between guards and prisoners that coincides with the Ramadan holiday.
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  HUNGER STRIKE

  Feinstein, Durbin ask Obama to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings

  Two leading Democratic senators on Wednesday asked President Barack Obama to order the Pentagon to stop routinely force-feeding hunger strikers at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo and adopt a model that feeds out of medical necessity, like in the federal prison system.

• Snowden

  Bolivia threatens to close U.S. embassy to protest presidential plane diversion

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said he may close the U.S. embassy after his airplane was diverted in Europe amid Snowden stowaway suspicions.

• Coast Guard takes rape case to SC court-martial

  A Coast Guard petty officer accused of rape, sexual assault and other charges will face a court-martial expected to begin in September in South Carolina, military officials said Tuesday.
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  In the camps

  Guantánamo prison to synchronize force-feedings to Ramadan fast

  The prison committed to conduct tube-feedings of hunger-striking prisoners only during the break-fast portion of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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  Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear

  The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales was rerouted to Austria after various European countries refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, Bolivian officials said Tuesday.
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  War court

  Pentagon prosecutors seek Sept. 22, 2014 trial date for 9/11 case

  Pentagon prosecutors are proposing that alleged mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s Sept. 11 terrorism trial start at Guantánamo on Sept. 22, 2014.

• Snowden

  NSA leaker Snowden applies for asylum in Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia as options dwindle

  With his options dwindling, NSA-leaker Snowden has applied for asylum in 21 nations including Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

• Colombia Peace

  Colombia’s largest guerrilla group wants smaller ELN to join peace talks

  The announcement comes after Colombia’s FARC revealed that it held a secret summit last month with the smaller ELN guerrilla group.
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  Dominican Republic

  Gay nominee for US ambassador criticized, praised in Dominican Republic

  The nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic is criticized, applauded by Dominicans because of his sexual orientation.
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  In Miami Beach, Coast Guard unloads 1,250 pounds seized off Costa Rica

  Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Northland unloaded in Miami Beach Monday 1,250 pounds of cocaine seized late last month on a drug-trafficking boat off the Coast Rican coast in the Pacific Ocean.
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  Hunger strike

  Lawyers ask judges to halt Guantánamo forced-feedings

  Lawyers for detainees seek a speedy court hearing on their request for an injunction against force-feeding because Ramadan’s a week away.
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  Snowden

  Vice President Biden asks Ecuador for “favor” — reject Snowden asylum

  Vice President Joe Biden called Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa by telephone and asked him not to grant asylum to NSA-leaker Edward Snowden.

• Snowden

  As Ecuador embraces global critics, like Assange and Snowden, it hounds its own.

  While Ecuador defends free speech and human rights abroad by embracing whistleblowers like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, critics say it’s using broad terrorism laws to stifle dissent at home. More than 200 have been charged with terrorism and sabotage.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Military faults guards in captive's suicide by overdose

  An investigation by U.S. Southern Command found that guards didn’t follow procedure and neglected to check on Adnan Latif for about 15 hours.
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  Brazil

  Security concerns could cast a shadow on 2014 World Cup in Brazil

  No one expected massive street demonstrations during the Confederations Cup, which ends Sunday. Now, Brazil will have to learn lessons during the protests and apply them to security plans for the World Cup.

• Snowden

  Ecuador rejects US trade preferences, rattles exporters, in fight over NSA leaker

  Ecuador says its unilaterally rejecting U.S. trade preferences so that it cannot be used as “blackmail” in fight over NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
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  Protester dressed as detainee arrested jumping White House fence

  DC police arrested a woman in an orange jumpsuit after she after jumped a White House fence during a Guantánamo protest, the U.S. Secret Service says.
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  WAR COURT

  Charges sought for Iraqi held at Guantánamo

  U.S. military prosecutors announced plans Monday to add another case to the docket of the war crimes tribunal at Guantánamo amid efforts by President Barack Obama to move the proceedings to the United States and shutter the detention center.
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  Venezuela

  Decade-old defunct group may be the key to better US-Venezuela ties

  More than a decade ago, U.S. and Venezuelan legislators began holding meetings of what became known as the Boston Group. The imitative died in 2005 but many of the relationships built during that time, including with current President Nicolás Maduro, seem to be bearing fruit.

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