Earlier this month, five World Food Program employees were killed in a suicide blast in neighboring Pakistan, and last week a Pakistani officer assigned to a U.N.peacekeeping mission in Sudan was gunned down while on home leave in Islamabad.

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Yet Dylan became a cultural icon while Scorsese was still an N.

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Steve Winwood and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash covered Jimi Hendrix songs while Alanis Morissette performed a tribute to Bob Dylan.

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The United States plans to abstain from the U.N. vote, a move that will allow the Pan Am families to receive compensation while not conflicting with keeping U.S. sanctions in place.

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