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Palestinian leader doesn't want new term

Nov. 5, 2009
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas does not plan to run for re-election in January, he told the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday, an Abbas adviser said.
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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