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US senator has rare visit with Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Aug. 15, 2009
U.S. Sen. Jim Webb visited Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, a rare meeting between a foreign official and the Nobel Peace laureate who was recently sentenced to 18 more months of house arrest, witnesses said. Official sources said it was...
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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