U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement

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(Adds details on released detainees) By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Kazakhstan for resettlement, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, the latest in a ****** of prisoner transfers aimed at closing the facility. The transfer of the five men followed a recent pledge by President Barack Obama for a stepped-up push to shut the internationally condemned detention center at the U.S. naval base in Cuba where most prisoners have been held without being charged or tried. ...

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