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Iraq complains of U.S. travel advisory

Jul. 31, 2009
Iraqi officials say the State Department's warning to Americans against 'all but essential travel' in Iraq is giving potential U.S. investors a negative view of the country. Iraq and the United States, at odds for decades over the gravest matters of war and peace, have a new point of conflict: a...
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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