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Blasts kill at least 15 cadets at Baghdad police academy

Dec. 2, 2008
The twin bombings are among several attacks across Iraq that leave as many as 36 dead, including two attackers. Bombers targeting Iraqi and U.S. security forces cut a deadly swath across Iraq on Monday, killing as many as 36 people, including at least 15 cadets at a police academy in Baghdad.
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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