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Dalai Lama Greeted with Protests, Tears in Taiwan's Disaster Zone

Sep. 1, 2009
Three weeks after typhoon Morakot struck, the village of Siaolin -- the worst hit by the disaster -- was the first stop for the Dalai Lama on his controversial visit to Taiwan
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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