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Taiwanese leader meets Chinese envoy

Nov. 6, 2008
Taiwan's leader called his brief meeting Thursday with the highest-ranking Communist Chinese official to ever visit the island a success, even as rowdy anti-China protesters gathered again in the streets.
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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