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Top Iran leader orders halt to protests; Tehran on edge

Jun. 20, 2009
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech defending vote results. Opposition leaders vow to march today in defiance, setting the stage for a potentially violent clash. Iran's tense capital braced for the possibility of violence after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded...
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler