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Protesters Hopeful of Guantanamo's Demise

Activists of the Amnesty International (AI) human rights watchdog demonstrate in downtown Prague Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Protests have taken place across Europe to mark the seventh anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba. Sunday marked the seventh anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo.(AP Photo/Roman Vondrous, CTK)

MONTREAL - Demonstrators in Montreal and around the world marked the seventh anniversary of the opening of the infamous prison at Guantanamo Bay on Sunday with rallies demanding its closure.

The marches came as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama stepped back from a campaign pledge to shut down Guantanamo - where Canadian Omar Khadr has been held for over six years - within 100 days of taking office.

In a TV interview that aired Sunday, Obama acknowledged that his promise to close down the widely opposed military prison will be more difficult than he expected.

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