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U.S. increasingly unlikely to take any Guantanamo detainees

Jun. 12, 2009
The Obama administration had hoped to take some Chinese Muslim detainees, known as Uighurs, to show other countries they were not dangerous. But swift backlash forced it to reverse course. The Obama administration has virtually abandoned plans to resettle in the United States some detainees from...
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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