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  1. NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Pekingese Malachy is brushed by David Fitzpatrick, co-owner and handler, after winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was first held in 1877, is the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the U.S., second only to the Kentucky Derby.
  2. Model Kate Upton poses for photos during an event to promote the 2012 Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated February 14, 2012 in New York. Upton is featured on this year's cover.
  3. NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 14: Judge Cindy Vogels (R) leads Pekingese Malachy and David Fitzpatrick, co-owner and handler, after they won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was first held in 1877, is the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the U.S., second only to the Kentucky Derby.
  4. Dolbiz Rodriguez (R) of Zamora FC vies for the ball with Facundo Roncaglia (L) of Boca Juniors during their 2012 Libertadores Cup football match at Carolina Stadium in Barinas, Venezuela on February 14, 2012.
  5. Malachy, a Pekingese, after winning Best in Show during the 136th Westminster Kennel Club Annual Dog Show held at Madison Square Garden February 14, 2012.
  6. China's Vice President Xi Jinping (R) walks back to the stage after reviewing a guard of honor as US Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta looks on at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 14, 2012. China's likely next leader Xi Jinping said that Beijing will take concrete steps to improve human rights as he admitted 'there is always room for improvement.'
  7. A two-week old Frill-necked lizard basks on a rock in his enclosure at Wild Life Park Sydney at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
  8. In this undated photo taken from a police surveillance camera and released by the Spokesman Office of the National Thai Police on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a man identified by police as Iranian bomb suspect, Saeid Moradi, is seen in Bangkok, Thailand. The Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians Tuesday after an earlier blast shook his house in Bangkok, Thai authorities said. The explosions came a day after an Israeli diplomatic car was bombed in India, an attack Israel blamed on Iran.
  9. San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan sports a bandage under his left eye after taking an elbow from Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in Auburn Hills, Mich. Duncan stayed in the game and led the Spurs with 18 points and 13 rebounds in their 99-95 win.
  10. Actors of the movie 'In the Land of Blood and Honey', from left to right, Zana Marjanovic ,left, Goran Kostic,center, Angelina Jolie , right, greet the audience after a gala premiere in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Angelina Jolie is in Sarajevo for screening of her film 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'.
  11. US actress and director Angelina Jolie walks to address the audience after a gala premiere of her movie in Sarajevo, Bosnia on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Angelina is in Sarajevo for screening of her film 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'.
  12. Malachy, a Pekingese, sits in the trophy after being named best in show during the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in New York.
  13. Spanish police general director Ignacio Cosido, Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, Serbian ambassador to Spain Jela Bacovic and Spanish chief police for the unit of violent crimes Serafin Castro Frias (L-R) attend a news conference in Madrid February 13, 2012. Spanish police have arrested Vladimir Milisavljevic, who had been at large since his conviction for the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. In a raid on a restaurant in eastern city Valencia on Thursday, police also detained Luka Bojovic, a major player in the Balkan criminal underworld, and Sinisa Petric, also known as "Baku", and described by the Ministry as Bojovic's "chief executor".
  14. Oman's Fatma Al Nabhani serves the ball to Shuai Peng of China during their Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha February 13, 2012.
  15. Spanish police officers stand next to weapons and artefacts confiscated from members of the Balkan criminal underworld after a news conference in Madrid February 13, 2012. Spanish police have arrested Vladimir Milisavljevic, who had been at large since his conviction for the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. In a raid on a restaurant in eastern city Valencia on Thursday, police also detained Luka Bojovic, a major player in the Balkan criminal underworld, and Sinisa Petric, also known as "Baku", and described by the Ministry as Bojovic's "chief executor".
  16. People examine a damaged Israeli embassy car after an explosion in New Delhi February 13, 2012. Bombers targeted staff at Israel's embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, the foreign ministry said, with a bomb going off in New Delhi but a second device in Tbilisi was defused.