NewsMarch 14, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Two detainees captured in the war in Afghanistan have broken their two-week hunger strike, eating twice in a 24-hour period, military officials said Wednesday. The pair, who hadn't eaten since at least March 1, ate two meals sometime between midafternoon Tuesday and midafternoon Wednesday, a Marine spokesman said...

The Associated Press

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Two detainees captured in the war in Afghanistan have broken their two-week hunger strike, eating twice in a 24-hour period, military officials said Wednesday.

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The pair, who hadn't eaten since at least March 1, ate two meals sometime between midafternoon Tuesday and midafternoon Wednesday, a Marine spokesman said.

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