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had sent a strong message that Pasok had not lost its soul. Opinion polls show support for Pasok has reached historic lows, which a BBC correspondent says is a reaction to imposing the toughest austerity programme in modern history.
Russian police have detained dozens of people protesting over a film broadcast by the pro-government television channel NTV, which claimed that opposition groups had paid people to join an anti-government rally. Demonstrators had gathered in front of Moscow's TV tower, chanting "Shame on NTV" and "Russia Without Putin".
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Government security forces in Afghanistan say they've seized two massive consignments of explosives in different parts of the country. About 2.5 tonnes were found close to the provincial governor's residence in Mazar-i-Sharif in the north. In the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, intelligence officials said they've found more than nine tonnes of explosives. Bilal Sarwary is in Kabul.
阿富汗政府安全部队称在该国多个地区破获两起大规模炸弹托运案,他们在北部Mazar-i-Sharif地区省长住处附近发现了约2.5吨的炸弹,情报官员称在阿富汗东部城市贾拉拉巴德发现超过9吨的炸弹。Bilal Sarwary在喀布尔报道。
The Afghan government says that al-Qaeda and Taliban wanted to launch spectacular attacks. They said that they would have launched the attacks weren't they put off, but choosing a target would have been the New Year - this is when a number of Afghans gather; this is when senior officials also take part in ceremonies, especially in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. So the Afghan officials definitely would like to take credit for a very important discovery.