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Yemen man detained at Guantanamo Bay to be freed
Source: BBC News
A US government review panel has determined a man from Yemen detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for more than a decade can be released.
Mahmud Mujahid, 33, had been accused of being an al-Qaeda fighter and bodyguard to Osama Bin Laden.
He was held at the detention centre since 2002 but never formally charged.
He was the first to appear before a review board convened by US President Barack Obama in an effort to close down Guantanamo, which houses 155 men.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25677251
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He should be referred to in the the header as a "Yemeni" or "Yemenite" man, not "Yemen Man".
Sincerely,
The Grammar Police 
