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Source: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6701499
Iran Celebrates Day It Humiliated U.S
(Reuters) Several thousand Iranians burned U.S. flags and George W. Bush effigies Wednesday, marking the 25th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 where 52 hostages were held for 444 days. Chanting "Death to America" and "Death to corrupt Western culture," the crowd of mostly young students listened to speeches deriding the "Great Satan," as Iran's clerical leadership routinely calls the U.S.