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Deaths reported amid chaos and violence in Iran

Dec. 27, 2009
The nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi is said to have been killed as protesters in Tehran turn an annual Shiite Muslim holiday into a day of raucous demonstrations. The Iranian capital erupted in massive and fiery morning-to-dusk protests today as tens of thousands of demonstrators...
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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