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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

A week, it has been said, is a long time in politics. It is even longer for someone imprisoned thousands of miles from home with no indication of when, if ever, he will be released or brought to trial. And if a week is a long time, what about five years? Five years ago - 260 weeks - President Obama ordered the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay closed "no later" than January 22, 2010. It had taken only a matter of days to open - surely it would be a relatively straightforward matter to shut...

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