USA's Matt Brown hits a third inning three-run home run off Japan's starter Tsuyoshi Wada in their bronze medal baseball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. AP Photo logo AP Photo 14 months ago

USA's Matt Brown hits a third inning three-run home run off Japan's starter Tsuyoshi Wada in their bronze medal baseball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

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  1. Hazara Afghan women walk in Bamiyan on November 10, 2009. Bamiyan, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) northwest of Kabul, stands in a deep green and lush valley stretching 100 kilometers through central Afghanistan, on the former Silk Road that once linked China with Central Asia and beyond. The town was home to two nearly 2,000-year-old Buddha statues before they were destroyed by the Taliban, months before their regime was toppled in a US-led invasion in late 2001.
  2. Performers from the Cirque Du Soleil, give a preview performance of 'Wintuk', their holiday season show, in front of Madison Square Garden in New York, November 10, 2009.'Wintuk' will be performed from November 11, 2009 until January 3, 2010.
  3. Performers from the Cirque Du Soleil, give a preview performance of 'Wintuk', their holiday season show, in front of Madison Square Garden in New York, November 10, 2009.'Wintuk' will be performed from November 11, 2009 until January 3, 2010.
  4. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel addresses the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in Washington on November 10, 2009. Emanuel stepped in to speak in replacement of US President Barack Obama who went to Fort Hood to meet with victims and families of last week's shooting at the army base.
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  6. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - NOVEMBER 10: Scottish Socialist Party's Tommy Sheridan and George Galloway laugh as they talk to a local while campaigning for the Glasgow North East by-election on November 10, 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. Candidates are entering their final week of campaigning for the seat made vacant by former Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, who resigned in June due to his role in the MP's expenses row.
  7. The coffins of six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through the streets of Wootton Bassett in southwest England November 10, 2009. Six British servicemen were flown home on Tuesday -- five of whom were shot by a rogue Afghan policeman.
  8. Britain's Prince Charles shares a laugh with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, after being presented with a gift by Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) during a meeting at Rideau Hall in Ottawa November 10, 2009.
  9. Argentina's coach Diego Maradona controls the ball during a training session in Madrid November 10, 2009. Argentina will play against Spain in an international friendly match in Madrid's Vicente Calderon stadium on November 14.
  10. Mourners wearing tee shirts printed with poppies embrace as the coffins of six British soldiers killed in Afghanistan are driven through the streets of Wootton Bassett in southwest England, November 10, 2009. Six British servicemen were flown home on Tuesday -- five of whom were shot by a rogue Afghan policeman.
  11. CEO of General Motors Fritz Henderson, left, shakes hands with Opel's head of the workers council Klaus Franz at the Opel headquarter in Ruesselsheim, central Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, after talks with representatives of the Opel company's employees council. Henderson since Monday met with leaders of its Opel unit to discuss the European subsidiary's automaker's future, a week after GM abruptly decided to keep it instead of selling a majority stake.
  12. A Romanian shepherd leads his sheep past warehouses on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Romania will hold presidential elections on Nov. 22, 2009.
  13. Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona is seen during a training session in Madrid Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. Argentina will play Spain next Saturday in a friendly soccer match in Madrid.
  14. Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona, left, speaks with Javier Mascherano during a training session in Madrid Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. Argentina will play Spain on Saturday in a friendly soccer match in Madrid.
  15. Tatsuya Ichihashi, left, the main suspect in the slaying of a British teacher whose body was found taped up and half-buried in a sand-filled bathtub in 2007, leaves Tokyo Station by a police vehicle to Chiba Prefectural Gyotoku Police Station in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, upon his arrival in Tokyo from Osaka, western Japan, early Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, following his arrest after a more than two-year manhunt. The 30-year-old Ichihashi, who had been on the run since police found the body of Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, was arrested on suspicion of abandonment of a body, after being spotted at a ferry terminal in the western city of Osaka Tuesday.
  16. Argentina's national soccer team coach Diego Maradona is seen during a training session in Madrid Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. Argentina will play Spain next Saturday in a friendly soccer match in Madrid.