Dec 26 in pics

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Anna Hazare speaks to the media as he leaves, for a 3 day-long fast in Mumbai, his home in Ralegan Siddhi. AFP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

A woman holds a photograph of herself and her son who died in an arson attack on a casino in August in Monterrey. Reuters Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

A winter swimmer warms up next to a Chinese national flag before getting into the icy water of the Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Reuters Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Giant panda Tian Tian stretches after eating 'panda cake' in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Onlookers gather around a destroyed car at the site of a bomb blast, which killed atleast 25, at St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Tooba Yahya, her husband Mohammad Shafia and their eldest son Hamed are charged with the murder of sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17(R), and Geeti, 13, along with Mohammad Shafia's first wife, Rona(L) in an alleged case of honour killing in Canada. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Firefighters investigate a house where an early morning fire left five people dead in Stamford, Connecticut. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Army 1st Lt Joe Durlin kisses his wife, Phoenix Durlin, as US Army 1st Cavalry 3rd Brigade soldiers return home from deployment in Iraq at Fort Hood, Texas. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Grapevine police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Texas. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Scott Wood, 5, empties a huge tub of his own toys to give away at the annual Thousand Oaks Community Dinner, hosted by Temple Adat Alohim at Thousand Oaks High School. AP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Australian batsman Ricky Ponting attempts to hook and is hit on the side of the head by a bouncer from Umesh Yadav on the first day of their first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), in Melbourne. AFP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Spectators dressed in Santa suits react during the first day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reuters Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Umesh Yadav (C) is congratulated by teammates for taking the wicket of Australia's Shaun Marsh during the first day of the first cricket Test match, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reuters Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

Australian super-maxi 'Loyal', skippered by Anthony Bell, is shadowed by a media helicopter at the start of the 67th Sydney Hobart yacht race outside Sydney Harbour. AFP Photo

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Updated on Dec 27, 2011 11:01 am IST

File picture of former Karnataka chief minister S Bangarappa (L) addressing the media as BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu gestures at party headquarters in New Delhi. Bangarappa passed away on Monday morning. AFP Photo

Dec 26 in pics

Anna Hazare speaks to the media as he leaves, for a 3 day-long fast in Mumbai, his home in Ralegan Siddhi. AFP Photo

A woman holds a photograph of herself and her son who died in an arson attack on a casino in August in Monterrey. Reuters Photo

A winter swimmer warms up next to a Chinese national flag before getting into the icy water of the Songhua River in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Reuters Photo

Giant panda Tian Tian stretches after eating 'panda cake' in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. AP Photo

Onlookers gather around a destroyed car at the site of a bomb blast, which killed atleast 25, at St Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria. AP Photo

Tooba Yahya, her husband Mohammad Shafia and their eldest son Hamed are charged with the murder of sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17(R), and Geeti, 13, along with Mohammad Shafia's first wife, Rona(L) in an alleged case of honour killing in Canada. AP Photo

Firefighters investigate a house where an early morning fire left five people dead in Stamford, Connecticut. AP Photo

Army 1st Lt Joe Durlin kisses his wife, Phoenix Durlin, as US Army 1st Cavalry 3rd Brigade soldiers return home from deployment in Iraq at Fort Hood, Texas. AP Photo

Grapevine police investigate the scene where they found seven people dead outside Dallas in Texas. AP Photo

Scott Wood, 5, empties a huge tub of his own toys to give away at the annual Thousand Oaks Community Dinner, hosted by Temple Adat Alohim at Thousand Oaks High School. AP Photo

Australian batsman Ricky Ponting attempts to hook and is hit on the side of the head by a bouncer from Umesh Yadav on the first day of their first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), in Melbourne. AFP Photo

Spectators dressed in Santa suits react during the first day of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reuters Photo

Umesh Yadav (C) is congratulated by teammates for taking the wicket of Australia's Shaun Marsh during the first day of the first cricket Test match, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Reuters Photo

Australian super-maxi 'Loyal', skippered by Anthony Bell, is shadowed by a media helicopter at the start of the 67th Sydney Hobart yacht race outside Sydney Harbour. AFP Photo

File picture of former Karnataka chief minister S Bangarappa (L) addressing the media as BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu gestures at party headquarters in New Delhi. Bangarappa passed away on Monday morning. AFP Photo

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