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More detainees arrive as conditions questioned

(CNN) -- As 14 more Afghan war detainees arrived Monday at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, International Red Cross officials interviewed some of the 144 prisoners already there about international complaints over the treatment of the prisoners.

U.S. Southern Command in Miami said a naval "fleet hospital" would begin operating at the base within hours, providing medical care to detainees equivalent to that provided to U.S. forces.

The 14 new detainees were taken off the plane in stretchers. One U.S. official said the military is now focusing on bringing wounded detainees from Afghanistan to the base where they can receive better medical attention.

U.S. military officials said all detainees -- suspected members of al Qaeda terrorist network or fighters for the Taliban -- were being treated humanely. But, they said, security is tight and will remain so because the individuals pose a threat to U.S. interests. (Full story)

A British official said Monday three British citizens among the detainees had "no complaints" about their treatment. A team of British diplomats and officials met over the weekend with the three British nationals, who "spoke freely and without inhibition," according to the official. (Full story)

Photographs released by the military over the weekend -- with one showing detainees crouched, wearing goggles, some with ear covers and chains on their arms -- received widespread publicity in Europe. Several human rights groups, politicians and newspapers there have raised questions about how the detainees are being treated.

A federal judge in Los Angeles, California, scheduled a Tuesday hearing on a petition backed by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and other civil rights advocates challenging the detentions. The petition demands the U.S. government bring the suspects before a court and define the charges against them. (Full story)

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Latest developments

• Investigators are on the cyber trail of Richard Reid, who allegedly tried to ignite plastic explosives in one of his shoes aboard a commercial trans-Atlantic flight. He sent e-mails to Pakistan asking for instructions before boarding the flight last month, police sources in Paris, France, said Monday. Investigators were examining the e-mails in hope of learning more about any suspected accomplices that Reid might have had. (Full story)

• In Tokyo, Japan, several nations pledged nearly $1.5 billion in aid to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan on the first day of an international conference. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed up to $500 million in aid over the next two years, $138 million more than any other nation or international organization. Germany, the United States and European Union also pledged several hundred million dollars each. (Full story)

• A Spanish judge Monday charged two suspected members of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network with belonging to a terrorist organization and ordered them held without bail. The suspects -- Moroccan-born Najib Chaib Mohamed, 35, and Algerian national Atmane Resali, 31 -- were arrested Saturday in a Barcelona suburb and brought to Madrid.

• The driver for Mullah Mohammed Omar said the Taliban leader survived a direct U.S. missile strike on his home and a second strike on a taxi he had been riding in, Reuters reported Monday.

• Two U.S. Marines were killed and five others injured Sunday when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in a remote region of northern Afghanistan, Marine spokesmen said. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said there was no evidence of groundfire, noting that it was "very likely ... a mechanical failure." (Full story)

• Rumsfeld on Sunday denied a newspaper report suggesting the Saudi Arabian government planned to ask the United States to withdraw its troops from the country, one of the issues at the heart of Osama bin Laden's grievances with America. (Full story)

• Investigators appear to be on the verge of cracking the genetic sequencing of the anthrax strain that killed five people, a source close to the federal investigation told CNN. Nailing down the genetic sequence, according to sources, could be a big breakthrough -- narrowing down which lab or labs produced the deadly anthrax sent through the mail. (Full story)

• The Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill was set to reopen Tuesday. The building has been closed since an aide to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle opened an anthrax-laden letter in October. Daschle's suite of offices will remain closed until mid-March while it undergoes renovations, his press secretary said.

• John Walker, an American citizen captured in Afghanistan last fall while fighting for the Taliban, most likely will return to the United States within a week, U.S. government officials told CNN Saturday. Military personnel will likely fly Walker off the U.S. warship to Pakistan or Afghanistan, where he will be turned over to the FBI, officials said. (Full story)

• Companies involved in the World Trade Center cleanup are having trouble getting insurance covering long-term health risks, a group representing construction companies said Saturday. Insurance companies, hit hard by huge losses associated with the twin towers' collapse, do not want to write coverage, said Louis Coletti, president of the Building Trades Employers Association, whose 1,500-member construction companies employ about 150,000 workers -- 75 percent of the New York market.