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Confusion over Guatanamo closure

By John Sparks

Updated on 13 January 2009

Barack Obama has admitted closing Guantanamo will prove a challenge, and experts warn it could take a year.

The president-elect's plan to order the closure of the detention camp on his very first day in office was billed as a top priority.

Many of the remaining prisoners cannot be sent home because of human rights concerns about their destination, and lawyers have told this programme about a host of potential legal challenges.

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