U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order to close the Guantanamo prison within a year.
![U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order closing the military prison at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in the Oval Office on second official day at White House in Washington, January 22, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090123/000cf1a487730ae3654802.jpg "U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order closing the military prison at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in the Oval Office on second official day at White House in Washington, January 22, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters]") |
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U.S. President Barack Obama signs an executive order closing the military prison at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in the Oval Office on second official day at White House in Washington, January 22, 2009. [Xinhua/Reuters]
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(CCTV, Xinhua News Agency, January 23, 2009)
