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China reject latest US report on religious freedom

May. 5, 2009
Beijing on Tuesday said a U.S. report criticizing the state of China's religious freedom was biased and groundless. China sharply restricts religious practices and controls activities of churches and mosques, the report from the congressionally backed U.S....
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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