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Turkey to buy 4 missile defense systems

Sep. 18, 2009
Turkey's military says it is planning to spend $1 billion (euro680 million) on four long-range missile defense systems. Brig. Gen. Metin Gurak, the Turkish military spokesman, says the procurement is not directed at any specific country. Turkish Foreign...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler