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Qantas Airways Sharply Cuts Annual Profit Forecast

Apr. 14, 2009
The Australian airline also announced cost-cutting measures, the latest evidence of how the Asia-Pacific airline industry is reeling.
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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