Australia will likely reject a U.S. request to accept detainees freed from the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the acting prime minister said Friday.
Julia Gillard said U.S. President George W. Bush's administration made the request in early December after President-elect Barack Obama announced he planned to close the prison. Obama has not made such a request, she said.
Australia had rejected a similar request to resettle "a small group of detainees" in early 2008, said Gillard, who is filling in for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd while he is on vacation.
"Australia, as an ally of the United States, is examining this second …
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