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Ahmadinejad: Neda's death is 'suspicious'

Jun. 29, 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today called the death of Neda Agha-Soltan "suspicious" and urged the country's authorities to identify those responsible, Iran's Fars news agency reports. The 26-year-old's death has come to symbolize Iranian resistance to the government's official...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch