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World Briefing | United Nations: New Spin on Cuba Embargo Resolution

Oct. 30, 2008
Cuba introduced a slight twist at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to its 17th annual resolution calling for an end to the American economic embargo.
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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