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Report: South Korean leader unlikely to meet North envoys

Aug. 22, 2009
It is unlikely South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will meet with a visiting delegation from North Korea on Saturday, according the South's state media.
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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