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Uighur leader to visit former Guantanamo detainees

KOROR: Exiled Chinese Muslim leader Rebiya Kadeer will travel to Palau as soon as next week to visit six fellow Uighurs released from Guantanamo Bay, a spokesman for the men said on Friday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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