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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to add fuel today to the debate over closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The $607 billion defense policy bill, which passed the House last week, contains a ban on moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States. Part of the debate centers on whether President Barack Obama even needs congressional approval or can close the prison by executive order.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An indicted former sheriff is due in an Oklahoma court today to face two misdemeanor counts after a grand jury investigated his agency following the death of an unarmed man at the hands of a reserve deputy. Former Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz is accused of failing to release documents in an internal investigation. The volunteer deputy, Robert Bates, faces a charge of second-degree manslaughter. Bates and Glanz are friends. Glanz resigned after being charged.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says a raid in a West Bank town has broken up a network of operatives from the militant "Hamas" group which rules the Gaza Strip. Soldiers and police arrested 24 suspected Hamas operatives. Israel has faced a wave of Palestinian attacks, mainly stabbings. Hamas has encouraged the attacks but hasn't claimed responsibility.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — His family says the Jordanian police captain killed after opening fire at a police training center was not an extremist. A Jordanian government spokesman says the shooting rampage that killed five people, including two American instructors, took place in a canteen in the compound. A South African and two Jordanians were also killed. One of the Jordanians is to be buried today.
SEATTLE (AP) — Raindrops and snowflakes are about to get a thorough going over by scientists now fanning out in one of the wettest places in the United States, the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Led by NASA and the University of Washington, the experiment attempts to validate how well global satellites measure precipitation from space, which is crucial for areas of the world that lack rain gauges or other equipment.
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