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UN says killed Afghans were students

Dec. 31, 2009
The United Nations says a raid last weekend by foreign troops in a tense eastern Afghan province killed eight local students. The Afghan government says that all 10 people killed in a village in Kunar province were civilians. NATO says there is no evidence to...
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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