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**boxcigsnick** · 04-24-2010, 10:33 PM

Buzkashi players battle for control of a goat carcass during a match in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday. Buzkashi, or goat dragging, which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30-kilogram (66 pound) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. The Afghan national sport, outlawed during the Taliban regime, Buzkashi originated centuries ago in Central Asia and is held throughout the northern parts of the country. -- PHOTO: AP

Girls cross a dry pond on the outskirts of Jammu on Friday. India's summer monsoon is likely to be nearly normal this year, the government said on Friday, allaying fears over an event crucial to the economic fate of the world's second most populous nation. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

The portraits of Romanians, businessmen George Becali (left), George Copos (2nd from left), OTV television owner Dan Diaconescu (2nd from right) and Dinu Patriciu (right) are seen on television screens part of an installation at the premiere of Romanian filmaker Alexandru Solomon's latest documentary movie, 'Kapitalism'. Documentarist Alexandru Salomon depicts a bleak portrait of post communist Romania. -- PHOTO: AFP

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boxcigsnick Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 569 Senior Member	Buzkashi players battle for control of a goat carcass during a match in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday. Buzkashi, or goat dragging, which is played by two teams of horsemen competing to throw a beheaded 30-kilogram (66 pound) calf, goat or sheep, as the ball, into a scoring circle. The Afghan national sport, outlawed during the Taliban regime, Buzkashi originated centuries ago in Central Asia and is held throughout the northern parts of the country. -- PHOTO: AP Girls cross a dry pond on the outskirts of Jammu on Friday. India's summer monsoon is likely to be nearly normal this year, the government said on Friday, allaying fears over an event crucial to the economic fate of the world's second most populous nation. -- PHOTO: REUTERS The portraits of Romanians, businessmen George Becali (left), George Copos (2nd from left), OTV television owner Dan Diaconescu (2nd from right) and Dinu Patriciu (right) are seen on television screens part of an installation at the premiere of Romanian filmaker Alexandru Solomon's latest documentary movie, 'Kapitalism'. Documentarist Alexandru Salomon depicts a bleak portrait of post communist Romania. -- PHOTO: AFP
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