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Chavez disputes Spanish official's climate remarks

Dec. 30, 2009
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trading barbs with Spain's environment minister over the Copenhagen summit on climate change. Chavez objects to remarks by Spanish Environment Minister Elena Espinosa, who suggested Venezuela and Bolivia were to blame for...
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U.N.-Chavez session on Venezuela crisis

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler