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Iraq prime minister backs security pact

Nov. 14, 2008
Until now he had not publicly backed the deal to extend a U.S. mandate. His support comes after U.S. accepts two conditions: that troops leave Iraqi cities by June 2009 and the country by the end of 2011. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has agreed to support a contentious security agreement...
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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