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Pentagon denies reports of medical abuse at Guantanamo

[JURIST] A Pentagon spokesman said Thursday that there was "no evidence" of widespread abuse of prisoners by medical personnel at Guantanamo, denying earlier media reports [Newsday report]. Accusations of physical abuse had followed criticism about use of detainees' medical records against them [JURIST report]. A Pentagon spokesman did say that changes in procudures for the medical treatment of detainees were being implemented, but left specifics to US Army surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who was to present a report to Congress later in the day. In June the Pentagon release a new policy statement on the responsibilities of military healthcare providers to detainees [JURIST report]. AP has more.

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UN General Assembly approves Palestine partition plan

The UN General Assembly approved UN Resolution Resolution 181 (II) on November 29, 1947, recommending that the British Mandate for Palestine be split into a Jewish state, an Arab state, and an international zone for Jerusalem. The vote in the assembly was 33 for to 13 against, with 10 abstentions. The resolution sparked a war between Palestinian Arabs and Jews in 1947 and a wider war after Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon invaded the new State of Israel in 1948. Read Resolution 181 (II).

UN divided Palestine between Arabs and Jews

On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab territories, leading to the establishment of a Jewish state the following year. Read UN General Assembly Resolution 181.

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