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Papua plans electronic tags for AIDS patients

Nov. 24, 2008
Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bylaw requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips -- part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease.
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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