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Iran to recount disputed election votes

Jun. 16, 2009
Iran's election authority has agreed to recount some votes in the disputed presidential election, but opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi rejected the idea and called for fresh elections. The stalemate means the possibility of more violence. Seven people were killed in Tehran after they...
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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