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WASHINGTON (AP) - Long after he vanished in Iran, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson reappeared in a video and a series of photographs sent to his family over the past year, transforming a mysterious disappearance into a hostage standoff with an unknown kidnapper, The Associated Press has learned. In the video emailed to his family in November 2010, Levinson pleaded with the U.S. government to