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December 31, 2006 (Sunday)

Austrian Minister of the Interior Liese Prokop dies of aortic dissection. (IHT)
New Year's Eve 2006-2007:
- The world begins celebrations of the beginning of 2007, starting at 10:00 UTC when midnight strikes in the Line Islands, Kiribati. (AP)
- Terrorists set off eight coordinated explosions killing two people and injuring 12 in Bangkok, Thailand. The government cancels Bangkok's New Year's Eve celebrations. (CNN)
War in Somalia: The Battle of Jilib erupts between the forces of the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government and the Islamic Courts Union.(Reuters)
The number of U.S. military deaths in Iraq reaches 3,000 since the 2003 U.S. invasion. (Reuters)

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 * [[Austria]]n Minister of the Interior [[Liese Prokop]] dies of [[aortic dissection]]. [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/01/sports/EU_SPT_ATH_Obit_Prokop.php (IHT)]
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 * The number of [[Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003|U.S. military deaths]] in [[Iraq]] reaches 3,000 since the [[Iraq War|2003 U.S. invasion]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216050529/http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne (Reuters)]
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