Word: dara
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...permitted to initiate the fight, German forces in July launched their biggest operation since World War II to clear Chahar Dara district, a Pashtun insurgent stronghold west of Kunduz city where hundreds of fighters travel openly in pickup trucks and demand money and food villagers. But, says local resident Abdul Matin, 28, the militants simply filtered back into the area when the Germans returned to base and police are nowhere in sight. The insurgent efforts accelerated ahead of the Aug. 20 presidential elections, which the Taliban had vowed to disrupt. President Hamid Karzai's running mate, Mohammad Qasim Fahim...
...favorite to win the Games. So why, less than three months before the vote, is the Olympic governing body of the U.S. ticking off the very officials who will decide Chicago's fate, in a move that could cost an American city the Games? (See pictures of U.S. Olympian Dara Torres...
...Dara has chosen to pursue a career in medicine, concentrating in Human Evolution Biology, while keeping her modeling options open...
...Dara said that she had always been interested in Operation Smile, a children’s charity treating dedicated to treating facial deformities...
...Academics, both Dara and Westbrook agreed, is their primary focus...