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HONDURAS DE FACTO LEADER MICHELETTI ASKS BRAZIL TO HAND OVER OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA FROM EMBASSY...

Sep. 21, 2009
HONDURAS DE FACTO LEADER MICHELETTI ASKS BRAZIL TO HAND OVER OUSTED PRESIDENT ZELAYA FROM EMBASSY...(First headline, 1st story, link)
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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