U.S. asks court not to halt Guantanamo force-feeding<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-asks-court-not-halt-guantanamo-force-feeding-192508220.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BmHzEbpt3PqmRTJoSmL62w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-03T192508Z_1_CBRE9621HY100_RTROPTP_2_CUBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" align="left" title="The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay" border="0" /></a>By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court has no jurisdiction and no reason to intervene in the force-feeding of prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base, the Obama administration argued on Wednesday in its latest defense of a policy that critics have deemed unethical. The administration also rebuffed concerns about force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners during Ramadan, the holy month when Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown that starts on Monday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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