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Myanmar’s top court rejects Suu Kyi’s final appeal (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) set up a poster of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in front of their office in Yangon November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar’s top court rejected a final and largely symbolic appeal by detained Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest, her lawyer said on…

G20 starts final day of talks amid currency fears (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, left, talks with France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)AP - Top finance officials from the world’s major economies hunkered down Saturday for final day of talks aimed at quelling fears of a possible trade war sparked by competition…

Tense final hours ahead for Chilean miners (AP)

October 10th, 2010

In this still image taken from a video released by the government of Chile on Oct. 10, 2010, steel pipes are welded as rescue efforts continue to free the trapped miners at the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. Saturday the drilling rig punched through to the collapsed mine where 33 miners have been trapped since Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Government of Chile)AP - A smooth-walled path to daylight awaited 33 trapped miners Sunday as they entered the tense final hours of a two-month odyssey christened in the terror of collapsing rock…

Federer wins thriller to book Toronto final with Murray (AFP)

August 14th, 2010

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their semifinal match of the Rogers Cup at the Rexall Centre, on August 14, in Toronto, Canada. Federer won 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 and will play Britain's Andy Murray in Sunday's final.(AFP/Getty Images/Matthew Stockman)AFP - Roger Federer will return to world number two after reaching the ATP Toronto Masters final by dodging a bullet for the second night in a row, beating Novak…

Hampshire win T20 final despite Christian chaos (AFP)

August 14th, 2010

Veteran Hampshire captain Dominic Cork, pictured in action in 2001, played a key role as Hampshire were crowned English county cricket's Twenty20 champions on their Rose Bowl home ground after a last ball win over Somerset.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Hampshire were crowned English county cricket’s Twenty20 champions on their Rose Bowl home ground after a last ball win over Somerset on Saturday.


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Murray squanders match point, loses final to Querrey (AFP)

August 1st, 2010

Sam Querrey returns a backhand to Andy Murray during the final of the Farmers Classic at the Los Angeles Tennis Center - UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Murray squandered a match point in the second set and Querrey rallied Sunday for a 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 victory.(AFP/Getty Images/Jeff Gross)AFP - Andy Murray squandered a match point in the second set and American Sam Querrey rallied Sunday for a 5-7, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 victory over the top seed in…

7 killed in Baghdad on final day of Shiite holiday (AP)

July 8th, 2010

Shiite pilgrims gather at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine for the annual commemoration of the saint's death, in the Shiite district of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing scores of people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint, Iraqi police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - At least seven people were killed Thursday by bombs targeting pilgrims taking part in the final day of a Shiite religious holiday that draws hundreds of thousands of…

Poles to pick president in final round of voting (AP)

July 4th, 2010

Poles vote Sunday in an election forced by the air-crash death of conservative president Lech Kaczynski, in what looks to be a tight race between his bereaved twin and acting president Bronislaw Komorowski, pictured(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - Poles vote Sunday in a presidential runoff election that pits the identical twin brother of the last head of state, who was killed in a plane crash, against…

AP Exclusive: Iraq deal gives clerics final say (AP)

May 5th, 2010

Iraqis read newspapers in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Iraq's two largest Shiite electoral blocs have announced they formed an alliance that gives them a strong chance of setting up the next government, though they have yet to work out the contentious question of who would become prime minister, it was announced at a news conference late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - An agreement signed by the two main Iranian-backed Shiite blocs seeking to govern Iraq gives the final decision on all their political disputes to top Shiite clerics, according…

Australia’s Robertson reaches world final (AFP)

May 1st, 2010

Neil Robertson of Australia plays a shot against Ali Carter of Great Britain during the semi-finals of the World Championship Snooker tournament at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, on April 30. Robertson became the first man from outside the British Isles to reach the World Championship final since 1983 with a 17-12 win over England's Ali Carter.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Australia’s Neil Robertson became the first man from outside the British Isles to reach the World Championship final since 1983 with a 17-12 win over England’s Ali Carter…

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