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Dad: Reporter freed from Iran prison is fine

May. 12, 2009
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi is doing fine since being released from an Iranian prison, but won't be giving any media interviews until she leaves the country, her father said Tuesday.
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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