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France's Sarkozy Orders Channel Trains Be Restarted

Dec. 21, 2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy tells the head of the French train authority to get Channel Tunnel passenger traffic moving by Tuesday after five trains got stuck inside the Channel late Friday, stranding more than 2,000 people for hours.
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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