"Some activities of American prisoners of war within German prison camps must remain secret not only for the duration of the war against the present enemies of the United States but in peace-time as well, " the document says.

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But Mr Demjanjuk, who came to the US in 1952, says he was a prisoner of war of the Nazis rather than a prison guard.

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Once a potent symbol of American frustration with the Vietnam War, the prison is now a tourist attraction, in the shadow of an upscale high-rise building owned by a Singapore businessman.

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In the film, Jarecki spoke with people on both sides of the war, including narcotics officers, judges, and prison guards (including Mike Carpenter, Chief of Security at Lexington Corrections Center in Oklahoma).

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Britain agreed to hold Charles Taylor in prison if the former Liberian leader is convicted of war crimes at his trial in The Hague.

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In letters and articles, Brasillach dwelt on the male companionship that marked his student years, his brief period of captivity as prisoner of war and his five months in prison.

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Appeals judges also rejected Marshall's argument that he should be spared prison because of his age, illness and service as a World War II veteran and U.S. ambassador.

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But of course cops and prison guards serve legitimate and valuable functions beyond the war on drugs.

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The warrant and a list of war crimes charges were delivered to Milosevic in Belgrade's Central Prison, where he has been held since his arrest on April 1, the Belgrade District Court said.

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In fact, penal reformers point to the Woolf Report of 1991 as the most enlightened blueprint for improving the prison system presented to any post-war government.

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The two officers at the center of the controversy were flown by NATO from a Sarajevo prison to the U.N. war crimes tribunal detention unit in the Netherlands on Monday.

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In 1993, the Israeli Supreme Court cleared John Demjanjuk of war crimes after hearing evidence that he was known as "Ivan the Terrible" at prison camps.

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