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Breaking News: Premier's statement on Guantanamo BayThis is the Premier’s statement on the four Chinese Muslims allowed to settle in Bermuda from Guantanamo Bay. This year of 2009 marks four hundred years of friendship between the United States and Bermuda. Our two countries have seen identical struggles over these many years but our friendship has remained strong. It has been a friendship based on trust, mutual respect and a desire to benefit one another in times of need. The United States and Bermuda have a long history of working together to achieve sensible outcomes. To ease the return of our...

Breaking News update: Four Chinese Muslims settled in Bermuda from Guantanamo BayFour Chinese Muslim detainees who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility have been resettled in Bermuda. Premier Dr. Ewart Brown made the announcement this morning at a press conference and stressed that the men were innocent. The four men —aged 25 to 35— are Chinese Muslims called Uighurs and arrived by air last night. They will be given the opportunity to get Bermudian status. Dr. Brown said: “These men are landed in Bermuda in the short term provided with the opportunity to become naturalised citizens and...