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Pakistan sends troops to area infiltrated by Taliban

Apr. 23, 2009
A police officer is killed in an assault likely to heighten concern about a deal that imposes Islamic law in a large segment of the country's northwest, in exchange for peace in the neighboring Swat Valley. Pakistani paramilitary troops sent to protect government buildings and bridges in a...
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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