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Iran protests turn violent as demonstrators confront police

Dec. 28, 2009
The nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi is among nine people reported slain as protesters in Tehran turn a Shiite holiday into a day of raucous demonstrations. The months-long confrontation between Iran's budding opposition movement and a hard-line government determined to stamp it...
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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