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Along with the oil, cleanup jobs vanishing 10:32 PM EST

Uncertainty, like the Gulf's waters, ebbs and flows in this fishing village in Louisiana's southern reaches. Shortly after the oil began gushing more than three months ago, fishing was banned in vast areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and many of the local fishermen in this rustic town of 500 residents didn't know where their next paycheck would come from.

For reporters, the rules at Guantanamo change daily 5:39 AM EST

This piece is adapted from a speech given to the National Press Club in Washington by Carol Rosenberg, a reporter for The Miami Herald.

UK: Torture inquiry chief won't be replaced 1:22 PM EST

Britain's government said Thursday it has dismissed a call to replace the head of an inquiry into allegations the U.K. colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects overseas.

Ex-Guantanamo detainee charged in native Algeria 5:38 AM EST

A former Guantanamo detainee who was transferred to his native Algeria earlier this month has been indicted, the Algiers prosecutor's office said Monday.

Behind the wire, remaining Guantánamo captives wait and hope 8:00 PM EST

A prisoner with a long ponytail and dark glasses took seeds out of a small clear plastic bag and sprinkled them on a spit of land surrounded by gravel and razor wire.

Captives freed in Spain, Latvia 4:07 PM EST

Spain has taken in for resettlement, but not travel beyond the country, a third freed captive from the U.S. prison camps for terrorism suspects at Guantánamo Bay, the Interior Ministry said Thursday.

Yemeni psych patient ordered freed 7:47 PM EST

A federal judge ordered the immediate release of a Yemeni man who has spent long periods of captivity in the Guantánamo psych ward in split decisions Wednesday that upheld the indefinite detention of another Yemeni.

Detainees sent to Algeria, Cape Verde 11:31 PM EST

Two Guantánamo detainees have left captivity, the Defense Department says, one for Cape Verde and the other for repatriation to Algeria that he had resisted in a spurned appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Cuban migrant found in Styrofoam boat sent to Guantánamo 5:26 PM EST

U.S. immigration officials have decided to send a Cuban found adrift on a Styrofoam boat to the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo for possible resettlement in a third country, U.S. Coast Guard officials confirmed Monday.

Fired Army lawyer: I will defend Khadr zealously 6:42 PM EST

An Army lawyer said Saturday he will mount a ``zealous defense'' for accused Canadian terrorist Omar Khadr at Guantánamo despite his captive client's bid to fire his defense team and boycott his upcoming war crimes trial.