Defending champion Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, signs autographs to fans at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday May 24, 2009, after a training session for the French Open tennis tournament. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

Defending champion Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, signs autographs to fans at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday May 24, 2009, after a training session for the French Open tennis tournament.

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  1. Surinamese Defense Minister Ernst Mercuur kicks a ball during a program for soldiers to coach children under 17 years old in soccer in Albina, on the border with French Guiana, February 6, 2010. Suriname is the fourth country to participate in a joint project between FIFA and the International Military Sports Council (CISM) called "Open the gates of the barracks and bring the children in." The kick off in Albina is meant to create better understanding in the community after last December's deadly clashes between Surinamese and Brazilian gold miners living here.
  2. Surinamese Army Commandar Ernst Mercuur kicks the first ball during a program for soldiers to coach children under 17 years old in soccer in Albina, on the border with French Guiana, February 6, 2010. Suriname is the fourth country to participate in a joint project between FIFA and the International Military Sports Council (CISM) called "Open the gates of the barracks and bring the children in." The kick off in Albina is meant to create better understanding in the community after last December's deadly clashes between Surinamese and Brazilian gold miners living here.
  3. Surinamese children under 17 years are helped before being coached in soccer by soldiers in Albina, on the border with French Guiana February 6, 2010. Suriname is the fourth country to participate in a joint project between FIFA and the International Military Sports Council (CISM) called "Open the gates of the barracks and bring the children in." The kick off in Albina is meant to create better understanding in the community after last December's deadly clashes between Surinamese and Brazilian gold miners living here.
  4. Surinamese children under 17 years old enter an army barrack to be coached in soccer by soldiers in Albina, on the border with French Guiana February 6, 2010. Suriname is the fourth country to participate in a joint project between FIFA and the International Military Sports Council (CISM) called "Open the gates of the barracks and bring the children in." The kick off in Albina is meant to create better understanding in the community after last December's deadly clashes between Surinamese and Brazilian gold miners living here.
  5. Pablo Picasso's The Two Saltimbanques (1901) is seen in the new exhibition "Degas to Picasso - French masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow" in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The exhibition, which will be open for the public from Thursday, displays a very unique selection from the wealthy collection of the Pushkin Museum showing fifty-five selected paintings from the most dramatic period of French art from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.
  6. Photographers take pictures of Henri Rousseau's painting 'The Muse Inspiring the Poet' (1909) in the new exhibition "Degas to Picasso - French masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow" of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The exhibition, which will be open for the public from Thursday, displays a very unique selection from the wealthy collection of the Pushkin Museum showing fifty-five selected paintings from the most dramatic period of French art from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.
  7. Deep cracks are seen on a part of the painting of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, titled Diana Bathing (1874) in the new exhibition "Degas to Picasso - French masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow" of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The exhibition, which will be open for the public from Thursday, displays a very unique selection from the wealthy collection of the Pushkin Museum showing fifty-five selected paintings from the most dramatic period of French art from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.
  8. Journalists talk around the painting of Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, titled Diana Bathing (1874) in the new exhibition "Degas to Picasso - French masterpieces from the Pushkin Museum in Moscow" of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The exhibition, which will be open for the public from Thursday, displays a very unique selection from the wealthy collection of the Pushkin Museum showing fifty-five selected paintings from the most dramatic period of French art from the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th.
  9. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: French fans show their support in the second round match between Antonio Veic of Croatia and Gael Monfils of France during day three of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  10. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: French fans show their support in the second round match between Antonio Veic of Croatia and Gael Monfils of France during day three of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 20, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  11. A tennis fan smiles, with his face painted with the colors of French national flag, at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010.
  12. Croatia's Marin Cilic wipes his face as he plays French Fabrice Santoro during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  13. Croatia's Marin Cilic returns to French Fabrice Santoro during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  14. Croatia's Marin Cilic serves to French Fabrice Santoro during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  15. French Fabrice Santoro returns to Croatia's Marin Cilic during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.
  16. French Fabrice Santoro wipes his face as he plays Croatia's Marin Cilic during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.

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  1. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain talks to the media at a press conference after retiring from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  2. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain talks to the media at a press conference after retiring from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  3. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain talks to the media at a press conference after retiring from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  4. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain talks to the media at a press conference after retiring from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  5. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain talks to the media at a press conference after retiring from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  6. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain recieves medical attention between games in his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  7. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain looks up at the big screen in his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  8. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: Rafael Nadal of Spain looks up at the big screen in his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray of Great Britain during day nine of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 26, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  9. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - A man is carried away by security staff after running onto the court during the men's final between Robin Soderling of Sweden and Roger Federer of Switzerland at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris June 7, 2009.

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