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Recount Ordered At 10 Percent Of Afghan Vote Sites

Sep. 15, 2009
A U.N.-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10 percent of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, an official said Tuesday. The order raises the possibility of a runoff for President...
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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