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Sunni Arab Leader Dies In N. Iraq Bomb Attack

Jan. 19, 2009
BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 -- A top leader of a Sunni Arab political party was killed in a suicide bombing in northern Iraq on Sunday night as he and other politicians were discussing the upcoming provincial elections, Iraqi officials said.
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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