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US concerned by detention of academic in Iran (AP)

 
AP - The Bush administration on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the detention and interrogation in Iran of a prominent American academic, an incident that has led the National Academies of Science to suspend educational exchanges with Iranian institutions. (link)

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