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AUSTRALIA GREETS THE NEW YEAR.(News)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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December 31, 2007
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SYDNEY, Australia -- Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore today, among the first in the world to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.
In Thailand, New Year's revelers were among 27 people wounded when suspected Muslim insurgents set off five bombs early today in a tourist town on the Malaysian border. Three people were injured when a ...
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