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India Sri Lanka Cricket
AP Images;  December 27, 2009 ;     247 words ... ... India's Sudeep Tyagi, unseen, as teammate Thilan Samaraweera, left, asks for medical help during the fifth and final one-day international cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. A dangerous pitch caused ...

India Ashura
AP Images;  December 28, 2009 ;     237 words ... ... in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Ashura, which falls on the 10th day of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam's Prophet Muhammad's grandson ...

Pakistan
AP Images;  December 28, 2009 ;     240 words ... ... Pakistan. Ashura, which falls on the 10th of Muharram under the Islamic lunar calendar, is one of the most important holy days for Shiite Muslims. It marks the death of Islam's Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Airliner Attack
AP Images;  December 28, 2009 ;     229 words ... ... News shows the underpants without the explosive packet used on a failed plot to blow up an airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC News) MANDATORY CREDIT: ABC NEWS; DO NOT CROP - SOURCE REQUIRES LOGO TO BE VISIBLE

Sugar Bowl Florida Football
AP Images;  December 28, 2009 ;     224 words ...Florida coach Urban Meyer is pictured during an NCAA college football practice at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Monday, Dec. 28, 2009. Florida will meet Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Florida Sugar Bowl Football
AP Images;  December 28, 2009 ;     252 words ... ... during head coach Urban Meyer's leave of absence due to health reasons following the team's bowl game. Florida is scheduled to face Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game on New Year's Day. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

South Africa England Cricket
AP Images;  December 27, 2009 ;     228 words ...South Africa's batsman Mark Boucher, left, avoids a bouncer as England's captain Andrew Strauss, right, looks on during the second day of the second Test cricket match at the Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa, Sunday Dec. 27, 2009. (Photo/Themba Hadebe)