Many of Baghdad's ranking police officers were on hand as Mohammed Mussen al Zubaydi urged them to help return security to the streets and halt a wave of looting.

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The conference's speakers also advised search marketers to take a hand in bumping their submissions higher in Digg's ranking by eliciting more votes from friends.

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Vajpayee on the other hand remains on the list, albeit 35 places below his nuclear-powered ranking in 1998, for being caretaker prime minister and still being in position to retake his former office.

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