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First swine flu death in Saudi Arabia

Jul. 27, 2009
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says a Saudi citizen has died of swine flu, the first death in the kingdom and only the second in the Middle East. A statement Monday said the 30-year-old man was admitted to a hospital on Wednesday complaining of high fever,...
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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