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US deal struck on terror suspects US deal struck on terror suspects
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US President George W Bush has reached a deal with rebel Republican senators on a controversial bill on the interrogation of terror suspects.US President George W Bush has reached a deal with rebel Republican senators on a controversial bill on the interrogation of terror suspects.
National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley described the deal as a "framework for compromise". Mr Bush said the agreement would allow his administration to resume military tribunals, suspended since June.
Last week a Senate committee backed a milder bill granting broader protection to suspects.
The rebel senators had demanded a provision making it clear that torture of suspects would be barred.The rebel senators had demanded a provision making it clear that torture of suspects would be barred.
The bill is expected to pave the way for the resumption of military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay. Tribunals go-ahead
President Bush said the agreement would preserve a programme that would "help us crack the terror network to save American lives."
The committee had defied the president, rejecting the legislation to set up trials for foreign terrorism suspects.
Ex-Secretary of State Colin Powell backed Republicans opposing the measure sponsored by Mr Bush, saying that the international community was beginning to doubt the moral basis of the US "war on terror".
The controversy centred on the content of the evidence that can be seen by detainees and interrogation methods.
Senators had argued Mr Bush's proposals would effectively redefine the Geneva Conventions to allow harsh treatment of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba.
Some 460 suspects are believed to be held at the highly criticised detention centre.
Correspondents said a deal was probably reached in part because a split within the party risked damaging its prospects in November's mid-term elections.