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Convicted American leaves Myanmar

Aug. 16, 2009
John William Yettaw, the American sentenced to seven years of hard labor in Myanmar for swimming to the home of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, left the Asian nation on Sunday with the U.S. senator who secured his release.
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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