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Police, protesters clash into evening in Tehran's capital

Jun. 20, 2009
As thousands of defiant protesters took to the streets of the Iranian capital Saturday for a seventh day to protest last week's presidential elections, opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi reportedly said he was ready for "martyrdom."
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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