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Taiwan's President Allows Dalai Lama Visit

Aug. 28, 2009
With all-time-low approval ratings, Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has given his official nod to the controversial visit of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's leader-in-exile, to Taiwan next week
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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