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International Day of Action to Close Guantanamo Marks Sixth Anniversary

Links to press coverage of anti-torture witness at the US Supreme Court and around the world on January 11, 2008, the sixth anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay Prison

The following hyperlinks to relevant stories were gathered through a Google news search on January 13, 2008.  This is not an exhaustive list of news stories, and does not indicate many places where news stories were not published or posted online.

US NATIONAL COVERAGE

Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/12/AR200801

USA Today

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/01/80-arrested-in.html

Associated Press

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GUANTANAMO_PROTEST?SITE=CAVEN&…

McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_7953598?nclick_check=1

Voice of America

http://voanews.com/english/2008-01-11-voa62.cfm

Common Dreams

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/11/6317/

Indymedia

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/11/18471801.php

US LOCAL COVERAGE

Chicago, Illinois

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-arrestsjan12,1,4562295.story

Lansing, Michigan

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/OPINION02/8011103…

Salt Lake City, Utah

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695243561,00.html

Seattle, Washington

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/347124_protest12.html

Dallas, Texas

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/jan/12/dallas-activists-join-intern…

Waco, Texas

http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/01/11/01112008wac…

Fort Huachuca, Arizona

http://www.svherald.com/articles/2008/01/12/news/doc47886539460a53769306…

INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE

Britain

Amnesty International (UK) Press Release

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17598

Press Association (UK)

http://www.midlothianadvertiser.co.uk/latest-scottish-news/Campaigners-s…

Worthing (UK)

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.1961897.0.guantan…

Mauritania

http://www.afriquenligne.fr/news/daily-news/mauritanians-protest-detenti…

Ireland

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=86945&pt=n

Italy

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1761100417

RELATED STORIES

Reuters

U.S. spy chief: waterboarding would be torture to him; Sun Jan 13, 2008:
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1334174820080113

McClatchy Newspapers

In Voiding Suit, Appellate Court Says Torture is to be Expected
by Greg Gordon, January 12, 2008:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/staff/greg_gordon/story/24654.html

Wembley and Kingsbury Times (UK)

Released Guantanamo man gives Times first interview, January 10, 2008:
http://www.wktimes.co.uk/content/brent/wembleychronicle/news/story.aspx?…