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Karzai agrees to Afghan presidential runoff

Oct. 20, 2009
The decision averts a constitutional crisis after an election marred by fraud. The leader will now square off against Abdullah Abdullah, his former foreign minister. Bowing to intense international pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed today to a runoff next month with his main...
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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