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North Korea off U.S. blacklist after nuke inspection deal

Oct. 11, 2008
After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. today erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil."
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SEOUL, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung Sunday called on the United States to talk directly to North Korea about its nuclear program.

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North Korea agrees on nuclear dialogue

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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