Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain holds a Spanish flag as he celebrates his third position at the Valencia Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste November 8, 2009. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain holds a Spanish flag as he celebrates his third position at the Valencia Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo racetrack in Cheste November 8, 2009.

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  1. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks at a televised town hall meeting in Seoul November 27, 2009. Lee participated in a televised town hall meeting on Friday to try to win support for economic reforms and drop a plan to move parts of government out of the capital, described by critics as a white elephant.
  2. PERUGIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 27: Amanda Knox, who is accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, attends the civil parties summing up during her murder trial at the Perugia courthouse on November 27, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher on November 1, 2007 in Italy.
  3. PERUGIA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 27: Amanda Knox, who is accused of murdering British student Meredith Kercher, attends the civil parties summing up during her murder trial at the Perugia courthouse on November 27, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with murdering British student Meredith Kercher on November 1, 2007 in Italy.
  4. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an 11 day mission to the International Space Station.
  5. EGREMONT, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 27: The coffin of PC Bill Barker is taken into St Mary and St Michael's Church on November 27, 2009 in Egremont, England. PC Bill Barker perished after going to the aid of a member of the public on Northside Bridge in Workington whereupon the bridge collapsed due to severe flooding.
  6. FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 27: Customers wait in line outside the Best Buy electronics store on November 27, 2009 in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the National Retail Federation, a trade organization, as many as 134 million people, 4.7% more than last year, will shop over the next three days.
  7. NASA workers watch as the space shuttle Atlantis lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 27, 2009.
  8. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - NOVEMBER 27: Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center November 27, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts completed an 11 day mission to the International Space Station.
  9. With the background of Jumairah Island towers, people practice golf in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov.27, 2009. Investors recoiled from risky assets on Friday and dumped shares in Asian banks and builders, fearing a Dubai debt default could reignite the financial turmoil of the credit crisis.
  10. England's Stuart Broad, left, celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of South African Hashim Amla, unseen, during the One Day International game against England in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  11. England Stuart Broad, right back, celebrates after taking the wicket of South African Hashim Amla, unseen, during the One Day International game against England in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  12. A shopper carries his purchase from a Black Friday sale at a Best Buy electronics store past a line of customers waiting outside in Falls Church, Virginia, November 27, 2009. Americans headed to department stores in droves in the dead of night on Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season, though many said they had pared back how much they would spend on family members and on themselves. Black Friday, the day after U.S. Thanksgiving, is often the single busiest shopping day of the crucial holiday season, which accounts for nearly one-fifth of the retail industry's annual sales.
  13. American university student Amanda Knox's mother Edda (C), her father Curt Knox (R) and Amanda's stepfather Chris Mellas (L) leave at the end of the morning session of a murder trial session in Perugia November 27, 2009. Defendants Amanda and Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in November 2007.
  14. South African Hashim Amla plays a shot during the One Day International cricket match against England in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  15. South African Graeme Smith, reacts after scoring over 50 runs during the One Day International game against England, in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.
  16. Children enjoy a ride on a merry-go-round at a fair organized on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009.