International briefs: Guantanamo Bay detainees to get swine flu vaccine

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Detainees to get swine flu vaccine

PUERTO RICO — Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday. Army Maj. James Crabtree, a spokesman for the U.S. facility in Cuba, said the doses should start arriving this month. U.S. military officials are "responsible for the health and care of the detainee population," he said. — The Associated Press

Solis, ex-Chilean president on commission

HONDURAS — The U.S. secretary of labor and a former Chilean president were named Sunday to a commission tasked with monitoring the creation of a power-sharing government in Honduras. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and ex-President Ricardo Lagos will arrive Tuesday. — The Associated Press

Jewish-American extremist arrested

ISRAEL — Authorities have arrested a Jewish-American extremist suspected of carrying out high-profile hate crimes. Police and Shin Bet security forces said Sunday that Jack Teitel, 37, a West Bank settler, was behind the killing of two Arabs, the targeting of a peace activist and an attack on a breakaway Jewish sect. Teitel immigrated to Florida, police said, and grew up on U.S. military bases as the son of a dentist serving in the Marines. His attorney told Israeli TV that Teitel is "mentally disturbed."

— The Associated Press

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