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Iranian Security Forces Raid Opposition Offices

Sep. 8, 2009
Five aides of top opposition leaders, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, were arrested. The arrests suggest authorities are trying to crush a campaign to highlight the alleged torture and rape of protesters who were detained in the crackdown that followed the disputed June presidential...
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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