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Chinese leader vows to improve food safety

Oct. 25, 2008
China's premier said Saturday the country will take steps to improve its food safety, and that the milk scandal that sickened thousands of children was a failure of regulation.
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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