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Stories for December 31st 2006

• Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Castro admits “slow recovery from surgery” in message

  Cuban President Fidel Castro said in his New Year message on Saturday that he is recovering slowly from surgery and has been collaborating with doctors as “a disciplined patient”.

• Sunday, December 31st 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Aussies usher '07 with Sydney fireworks

  

  Wind-swept revelers gathered around London's Big Ben to watch the fireworks, and thousands of Japanese climbed Mount Fuji and other peaks to watch the first sunrise of the New Year. But the Thai capital sent celebrants home after a series of evening bombs