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Fri 03 Mar 2009Ireland to accept Guantánamo detainees
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen has said Ireland will accept a number of Guantánamo inmates for resettlement, despite growing reservations in several EU countries about taking in the detainees.
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during his visit to the US this week, Mr Cowen, while acknowledging the view in Brussels that there should be a common EU approach on the issue, said Ireland would accept a number of detainees.
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