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Official: Iran needs 20 enrichment sites

Dec. 5, 2009
Iran's nuclear chief says his country needs 20 industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of U.N. demands it halt the program. Ali Akbar Salehi's announcement comes days after the Iranian government approved a plan to...
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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