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China's premier begins 3-day visit to North Korea

Oct. 4, 2009
As Wen Jiabao meets with Kim Jong Il, hope stirs that North Korea will be persuaded to return to nuclear-disarmament talks. China is North Korea's main link to the outside world. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang today, kicking off a three-day visit...
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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