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Syria
NEW YORK - Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans arrested last year while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border, has met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE'-neh-zhahd).
NEW YORK - Her 410 days of solitary confinement in an Iranian prison were mostly cramped quarters and endless monotony, but Sarah Shourd chooses to savor the few moments of joy: a proposal from her boyfriend and a birthday celebration complete with a chocolate cake.
DAMASCUS, Syria - The svelte models strutted down the catwalk in sexy dresses with bare backs and short hemlines - all under the watchful portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and his late father, Hafez.

UNHCR's Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie
visits Syria to meet with Iraqi refugees in the suburb of Jaramana.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has arrested three Americans who strayed across the border from Iraq for illegally entering the country and a lawmaker says authorities are deciding whether they will be accused of spying.