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Why Pro-Arab France Is Warming Up to Israel

Oct. 27, 2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy believes Paris has a major role to play in brokering Middle East peace, but only if the Jewish state embraces it as a friend
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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