2	8	Havana	Havana	NNP
8	9	,	,	,
10	17	January	January	NNP
18	20	12	12	CD
21	22	(	(	(
22	28	XINHUA	XINHUA	NNP
28	29	)	)	)
30	32	–	--	:
33	37	Cuba	Cuba	NNP
38	42	will	will	MD
43	46	not	not	RB
47	53	create	create	VB
54	63	obstacles	obstacle	NNS
64	66	to	to	TO
67	70	the	the	DT
71	75	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
76	84	decision	decision	NN
85	87	to	to	TO
88	92	hold	hold	VB
93	97	part	part	NN
98	100	of	of	IN
101	104	the	the	DT
105	112	Taliban	Taliban	NNP
113	116	and	and	CC
117	125	al-Qaeda	al-Qaeda	NNP
126	129	war	war	NN
130	139	prisoners	prisoner	NNS
140	142	at	at	IN
143	146	the	the	DT
147	151	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
152	157	naval	naval	JJ
158	162	base	base	NN
163	165	of	of	IN
166	176	Guantanamo	Guantanamo	NNP
176	177	,	,	,
178	181	the	the	DT
182	187	Cuban	cuban	JJ
188	198	government	government	NN
199	203	said	say	VBD
204	206	in	in	IN
207	208	a	a	DT
209	218	statement	statement	NN
219	221	on	on	IN
222	228	Friday	Friday	NNP
228	229	.	.	.

236	240	This	this	DT
241	243	is	be	VBZ
244	247	the	the	DT
248	253	first	first	JJ
254	258	time	time	NN
259	263	that	that	IN
264	267	the	the	DT
268	273	Cuban	cuban	JJ
274	284	government	government	NN
285	288	has	have	VBZ
289	298	expressed	express	VBN
299	302	its	its	PRP$
303	311	position	position	NN
312	316	over	over	IN
317	320	the	the	DT
321	325	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
326	333	holding	holding	NN
334	336	of	of	IN
337	340	the	the	DT
341	348	Taliban	Taliban	NNP
349	352	and	and	CC
353	361	al-Qaeda	al-Qaeda	NNP
362	371	prisoners	prisoner	NNS
372	374	in	in	IN
375	378	its	its	PRP$
379	388	territory	territory	NN
388	389	.	.	.

396	406	Guantanamo	Guantanamo	NNP
407	409	is	be	VBZ
410	414	part	part	NN
415	417	of	of	IN
418	421	the	the	DT
422	427	Cuban	cuban	JJ
428	437	territory	territory	NN
437	438	,	,	,
439	442	but	but	CC
443	446	the	the	DT
447	452	Cuban	cuban	JJ
453	463	government	government	NN
464	468	will	will	MD
469	472	not	not	RB
473	479	create	create	VB
480	489	obstacles	obstacle	NNS
490	492	to	to	TO
493	496	the	the	DT
497	501	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
502	510	transfer	transfer	NN
511	513	of	of	IN
514	517	the	the	DT
518	521	war	war	NN
522	531	prisoners	prisoner	NNS
532	537	there	there	RB
537	538	,	,	,
539	541	it	it	PRP
542	546	said	say	VBD
546	547	.	.	.

554	557	The	the	DT
558	568	Guantanamo	Guantanamo	NNP
569	572	Bay	Bay	NNP
573	576	has	have	VBZ
577	581	been	be	VBN
582	584	in	in	IN
585	589	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
590	595	hands	hand	NNS
596	601	since	since	IN
602	605	the	the	DT
606	614	Spanish-	Spanish-	NNP
615	623	American	American	NNP
624	627	War	War	NNP
628	630	in	in	IN
631	635	1898	1898	CD
635	636	.	.	.

637	640	The	the	DT
641	647	United	United	NNP
648	654	States	State	NNPS
655	658	has	have	VBZ
659	666	refused	refuse	VBN
667	669	to	to	TO
670	674	give	give	VB
675	677	up	up	RP
678	681	the	the	DT
682	690	facility	facility	NN
690	691	,	,	,
692	697	which	which	WDT
698	700	is	be	VBZ
701	707	sealed	seal	VBN
708	712	from	from	IN
713	717	Cuba	Cuba	NNP
718	720	by	by	IN
721	722	a	a	DT
723	730	heavily	heavily	RB
731	738	guarded	guard	VBN
738	739	,	,	,
740	743	27-	27-	CD
744	753	kilometer	kilometer	NN
754	763	perimeter	perimeter	NN
764	769	fence	fence	NN
769	770	,	,	,
771	778	despite	despite	IN
779	784	Cuban	cuban	JJ
785	794	objection	objection	NN
795	797	to	to	TO
798	801	its	its	PRP$
802	811	continued	continued	JJ
812	821	existence	existence	NN
821	822	.	.	.

829	831	In	in	IN
832	835	the	the	DT
836	845	statement	statement	NN
845	846	,	,	,
847	850	the	the	DT
851	856	Cuban	cuban	JJ
857	867	government	government	NN
868	872	said	say	VBD
873	876	the	the	DT
877	884	country	country	NN
885	890	would	would	MD
891	899	maintain	maintain	VB
900	905	close	close	JJ
906	914	contacts	contact	NNS
915	919	with	with	IN
920	923	the	the	DT
924	928	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
929	937	military	military	JJ
938	947	personnel	personnel	NNS
948	950	in	in	IN
951	954	the	the	DT
955	960	naval	naval	JJ
961	965	base	base	NN
965	966	.	.	.

973	974	A	a	DT
975	980	first	first	JJ
981	986	group	group	NN
987	989	of	of	IN
990	992	20	20	CD
993	996	war	war	NN
997	1006	prisoners	prisoner	NNS
1007	1011	from	from	IN
1012	1023	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	NNP
1024	1031	arrived	arrive	VBD
1032	1038	Friday	Friday	NNP
1039	1048	afternoon	afternoon	NN
1049	1051	at	at	IN
1052	1055	the	the	DT
1056	1060	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
1061	1066	naval	naval	JJ
1067	1071	base	base	NN
1072	1074	in	in	IN
1075	1085	Guantanamo	Guantanamo	NNP
1086	1088	on	on	IN
1089	1092	the	the	DT
1093	1105	southeastern	southeastern	JJ
1106	1109	tip	tip	NN
1110	1112	of	of	IN
1113	1117	Cuba	Cuba	NNP
1117	1118	,	,	,
1119	1124	about	about	RB
1125	1130	1,000	1,000	CD
1131	1141	kilometers	kilometer	NNS
1142	1146	from	from	IN
1147	1150	the	the	DT
1151	1158	capital	capital	NN
1159	1163	city	city	NN
1164	1166	of	of	IN
1167	1173	Havana	Havana	NNP
1173	1174	.	.	.