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Ahmadinejad: Protests are 'theater play'

Dec. 29, 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad likened the latest anti-government protests to "a theater play by the Zionists and the Americans," the state-run news agency said.
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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