Reporter Saberi returns to the US - Democratic Underground

UrbScotty

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Sat May-23-09 02:07 AM
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Reporter Saberi returns to the US

Source: BBC

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi has arrived in the US 11 days after she was freed from jail in Iran.

She touched down at Washington Dulles airport with her parents after spending a week recuperating in Vienna.

Ms Saberi, 32, from Fargo in North Dakota, was freed last Monday after spending four months in prison on spying charges, which she denied.

She told reporters at the airport how singing the US national anthem had helped to keep her going in jail.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8064760.stm

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Sat May-23-09 02:09 AM
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1. welcome news .n/t

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Sat May-23-09 01:35 PM
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2. Welcome indeed (nt)

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