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Iran Allows Swiss To Visit Detained U.S. Hikers

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Sep. 29, 2009
Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd were arrested after apparently straying into the country while hiking in northern Iraq in July. The move could be seen as a conciliatory gesture two days before a meeting between Iran and world powers seeking to persuade Tehran to abandon efforts to...
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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