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Uighur tensions show up at Australia film festival

Jul. 25, 2009
Three Chinese filmmakers have pulled their films from the Melbourne Film Festival over an Australian documentary profiling Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, whom Beijing has accused of fomenting unrest. China's ethnic tensions have spilled into Australia, where all Chinese films scheduled for the...
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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