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Ousted Honduran President Returns Home

Sep. 21, 2009
Manuel Zelaya was forced out of the country at gunpoint on June 28. He was believed to be at the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa and planned to hold a news conference later Monday. Interim leader Roberto Micheletti has repeatedly said a jail cell awaits Zelaya if he comes back.
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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