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Iran Says It Will Free Just 1 of 3 American Hikers

By Hugh CollinsSep 9th 2010 – 2:05PM
Press TV / AP

Press TV / AP

(Sept. 9) -- Iran said today it will release Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers it has been holding for more than a year on allegations of espionage. Shourd, 31, will be released "very soon," Mohammed Bak Sahraei, a spokesman for the Iranian mission to the United Nations, told AOL News. He declined to give further...

Background on eid al fitr

Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr (عيد الفطر ‘Īdu l-Fiṭr), often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting (sawm).

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