Feature: Obama addresses cheering crowds in hero’s welcome in Ireland
U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and First Lady Michelle Obama (1st L) drink beer together with local residents at a bar in Moneygall, central Ireland’s County Offaly, May 23, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday afternoon visited his Irish ancestral home in Moneygall.
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Hero’s welcome for ‘hostage helper’
A former minicab driver who claimed to have masterminded the release of Paul and Rachel Chandler has received a hero’s welcome as he arrived back in the UK.
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7-Year-Old Get Hero’s Welcome For Saving Neighbors
A quick thinking 7-year-old is on top of the world after she received some special treatment and a surprise award for being a real life hero.
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World-Cape Town’s Madeirans welcome “home” hero Ronaldo
Cape Town’s Portuguese, almost all of whom trace their links back to Madeira, travelled en masse to Green Point stadium on Monday to welcome their island’s most famous son, Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Hero’s welcome for Rovers
EASTERN Cape’s newly-promoted soccer side, Blackburn Rovers, came home to a hero’s welcome yesterday receiving the red-carpet treatment on arrival in East London after their Vodacom National First Division (NFD) play-off heroics.
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Fallen soldier to receive hero’s welcome
The body of Marine Cpl. Jonathan Porto, 26, will be escorted by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies when it is taken to a St. Petersburg funeral home.
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Wounded hero’s welcome delayed
HOLYOKE – The hero’s welcome that was planned for Sunday for Marine Sgt. Joshua J. Bouchard has been postponed because the severely wounded Granby resident needs more surgery, his father said on Thursday.
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