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To: steve harris who wrote (627910)9/13/2011 9:54:29 AM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 1576426
 
Group Of Columbia University Students To Dine With Iranian President
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September 13, 2011
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/09/13/report-group-of-columbia-university-students-to-dine-with-iranian-president/

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) –
A group of Columbia University students will have dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next week in Midtown.

According to the Columbia Spectator, the school’s newspaper, as many as 15 members of the Columbia International Relations Council and Association were invited and none expressed any reservations about breaking bread with the controversial Iranian leader.

CIRCA vice president of academics, Tim Chan, told the paper the Sept. 21 meeting is still tentative.

Meanwhile, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two American hikers jailed for over two years in Iran on espionage charges, could soon be free.

An Iranian court has set bail at $500,000 for each of the men — the same arrangement that allowed fellow hiker Sara Shourd to go free a year ago.

On NBC’s ‘Today’ Show, Ahmadinejad said, through an interpreter, that he hopes the release will improve relations with the U.S.