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Report: South Korean leader meets North envoys

Aug. 23, 2009
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak met with a visiting delegation from North Korea on Sunday, according to the South's state media.
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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