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Reports North Korea restarted nuclear plant disputed

May. 27, 2009
A nonprofit nuclear nonproliferation group is discounting news reports that North Korea might be reprocessing spent nuclear fuel at a plutonium separation plant.
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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