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SKorea says NKorea frees detained SKorean worker

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Aug. 13, 2009
North Korea has freed a South Korean worker detained in the communist country, officials said Thursday, ending a monthslong dispute and brightening prospects for improved relations between the two Koreas. Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo said the...
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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