miriam leva a long term activist. >> we need openness and this is the most important, openness. >> andnness poignantly represented by the flying of this flag. symbolizing that cuba and the united states are no longer enemies but neighbors. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> new talks have begun to close the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay in cuba. u.s. defense department says it is evaluating new sites in the u.s. to house detainees. the pentagon is looking at facilities in kansas city and south carolina. >>> thousands of iraqis have marched through baghdad to back reforms announced by prime minister haider al-abadi, coming in response to weeks of political corruption and u unsatisfactory public services. mohammed jamjoom has the story. going i'm left with no other options but go out and fight corruption. >> reporter: the medical student and activist like so many other members of his generation says he tired of feeling despair and decided to do something about it. >> reporter: we created groups to help our friends and families because they are all in need of important services that are

one of them was miriam leva, a long term activist. >> this is an isolated society and that is what the government needed, we need openness and this is the most oimportant, openness. >> an openness poignantly represented by the flying of this flag symbolizing that cuba and the united states are no longer enemies but neighbors. lucia newman, al jazeera, havana. >> well there are renewed talks to close the u.s. prison at guantanamo bay cuba. evaluating facilities in the u.s. to house detainees. the pentagon has earmarked areas in south carolina. >> nancy hollander is a lawyer that represents one of the detainees at guantanamo. she isn't convinced that the facilities will be closed. >> i don't know whether congress would approve i.t. or not. there are members of congress that are saying they are waiting for a new plan. they had not approved i.t. in the past and refuse to approve funds to move prisoners to u.s. soil. president obama is hoping for a new plan to house 60 prisoners or so in the united states and call it something other than guantanamo. but that's not closing guantanamo. that's