Sunday, October 11, 2009
News Today, October 12, 2009 (1)
Colombian singer Shakira speaks during a news conference in Bogota October 11,2009. Shakira is promoting her new album "Loba."
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 11: (L-R) President Barack Obama, daughter Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Malia Obama walk across Pennsylvania Avenue as they return from a morning service at St. John's Episcopal Church October 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thousands of gay rights activists marched in Washington today and pushed for President Barack Obama to keep his promises to advance gay civil rights.
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 11: Activists march during a protest October 11, 2009 in Washington, DC. Activists gathered in DC to push President Barack Obama's administration and the U.S. Congress to live up to promises to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to advance civil rights
Actress Cynthia Nixon speaks at the National Equality March in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Thousands of gay rights supporters marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and work to end discrimination against gays.
U.N. soldiers and Haiti residents stand next to the bodies of soldiers who died in a plane crash in Fonds-Verrettes October 10, 2009. Eleven U.N. peacekeepers died on Friday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mou ntainside in Haiti during a routine patrol, U.N. officials said.
A homeless woman sleeps on a cot along the roadside in Mumbai October 11, 2009. India is ranked 134 among 182 countries in a recently released Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
This image made from video released by the Toledo, Ohio police department and obtained via WTOL shows a shootout that erupted after a fight broke out at Route 66 Kitchen, a bar near the University of Toledo campus Thursday Oct. 8, 2009. The fight apparently began when a bar employee asked a man who was trying to sell marijuana to leave, according to police. No injuries were reported.
Starting pitcher Jason Hammel of the Colorado Rockies waits on the pitcher mound during their MLB National League Division Series playoff against the Philadelphia Phillies in Denver October 11, 2009.
In this photo issued by the Northern Ireland Government Office, showing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, centre, being greeted by First Minister Peter Robinson, right, and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, left, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Sunday Oct. 11, 2009, as Clinton arrived for talks in Belfast. The U.S. Secretary of State Clinton is conducting a five day multi-nation tour of Europe.
Federal police stand guard outside the headquarters of Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC), a state-owned power utility, in Mexico City October 11, 2009. The Mexican government announced the closure of the inefficient state-owned company that supplies electricity to Mexico City and its surrounding area on Sunday, a move that could trigger labor strife. Preparing for trouble, riot police occupied installations of LFC on Saturday night ahead of a decree ordering its absorption by the Federal Electricity Commission, Mexico's main state power utility.
Minnesota Twins fielder Delmon Young leaps against the left field fence as a ball hit by New York Yankees' Jorge Posada clears the wall for a solo homerun in the seventh inning in their MLB American League Division Series playoff baseball game in Minneapolis, October 11, 2009.
New York Yankees' Jorge Posada connects for a solo homerun against the Minnesota Twins during seventh inning in their MLB American League Division Series playoff baseball game in Minneapolis, October 11, 2009.
Karim Ziani of Algeria, foreground left, reacts after scoring a penalty kick against Rwanda during their World Cup 2010 Group C qualifying soccer match in Blida, Algeria, Sunday Oct. 11, 2009. Algeria defeated Rwanda 3-1, Ziani scored his team's last goal.
Arizona Cardinals' Adrian Wilson, right, puts pressure on Houston Texans' Matt Schaub (8) in the second quarter of an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Glendale, Ariz.
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Mark Jones (C) is tackled by Indianapolis Colts linebacker Philip Wheeler (L) and tight end Jacob Tamme (R) while returning a kickoff during the first half of their NFL football game at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee October 11, 2009.
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