Taliban commander vows bloody 2007 in Afghanistan
The Taliban will step up attacks on foreign
troops in Afghanistan this year and kill anyone who negotiates with
the government, a top rebel commander said.
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Australian PM voted most embarrassing Aussie
Australian Prime Minister John Howard may be
popular with voters, winning four elections in 10 years, but he has
been voted the nation's most embarrassing Aussie in a survey of
10,000 readers of a major men's magazine.
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Millions of Hindus take holy dip in Ganges River as major
festival begins in India
Ash-smeared and naked Hindu saints led millions
of devotees Wednesday in a pre-dawn holy dip in frigid temperatures
at the confluence of three major rivers in north India, starting a
weekslong pilgrimage to wash away their sins.
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