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A Canadian official says the last Western detainee at Guantanamo is being repatriated to Canada. The official confirmed on Saturday that Omar Khadr is on his way back to Canada. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region.

Switzerland will accept a detainee from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after the United States requested the Alpine country and other states to house prisoners.

An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday.

Obama considering plan to create courtroom-within-a-prison complex on U.S. soil to house Gitmo detainees