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Cricket World Cup - India v Pakistan semi-final
They don't come any bigger than these 2 rivals
No quarter given, no quarter asked!
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A Tendulkar look-a-like being given god like treatment
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The 2 captains pretending to be friends :)
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Indian girls showing their loyalty - Don't fancy yours much!
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Pakistan call heads and it's tails so India decide to bat first
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Sehwag going like a train from the off,scoring five 4's in an over from Gul
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Having scored 38 from 25 balls he's out LBW to Riaz
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Tendulkar almost stumped - not out after a referal
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Riaz on fire as he takes 2 wickets in 2 balls, clean bowling Singh first ball leaving India on 141-4 after 26 overs
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The little man edges toward another ODI century
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However, Captain Alfridi holds the catch that dismisses the great man on 85
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Singh is stumped leaving India on 236-7 after 47 overs
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Riaz stars for Pakistan with 5-46 while India are restricted to 260-9 off their 50 overs
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Hafeez showng his style for Pakistan
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However, Hafeez is out for 43 and another wicket is lost soon after
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Akmal revives the innings with two 6's, one apparently with his eyes closed
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He's eventually bowled for 29
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Misbah who has played some frustrating cricket eventually opens up with some more attacking strokes to keep the game alive
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He makes 56 before holing out and India win by 29 runs, entertaining stuff! My friend mentioned that it was nice to see that those cheating Paki's never made it to the final :)
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Migrants arrive at the Italian island of Lampedusa
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A security check before the India-Pakistan cricket WC semi-final
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2 women at the Seated Woman, Getty Center, Los Angeles
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Sendai, Japan: A school girl sheds tears during her graduation ceremony at Rokugou junior high school in a city badly damaged by this month's earthquake and tsunami
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Tripoli, Libya: A bomb falls in the Tajura area of the Libyan capital
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Keratea, Greece: A petrol bomb explodes in front of riot police during clashes with residents protesting against the planned construction of a landfill site
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Budy, Belarus: A white stork flies over the Elnya marsh
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La Plata, Argentina: People watch the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, accept the Rodolfo Walsh prize, a press freedom award, at the University of La Plata
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Natori, Japan: Local residents look down on the devastated Yuriage district in the Miyagi prefecture
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Ivorian refugee crisis in Liberia
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This group of refugees fled their village when rebels arrived and opened fire. They had to step over the bodies of their dead neighbours as they fled. They left another 500 refugees on the border when they crossed to enter Tempo town last week
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During a rebel attack in his village, Simon Taye Guombleon, 30, reached out to grab his sister but was shot in the hand, losing two fingers. He ran away and does not know what happened to her. He is being treated at a Merlin hospital in Zwedru, Liberia, awaiting news
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The Toe town transit centre is usually used to register incoming refugees, but now provides shelter to more than 350 people, many of whom pile up on the floor or sleep outside, leaving them vulnerable to mosquitoes and malaria. The UN high commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, warned last week that the influx of refugees threatened Liberia's eight years of peace
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Obese at age 4
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Lu Zhihao, 4, stands up from his mother's lap outside his house in Foshan, Guangdong province, China, March 29, 2011. Four-year-old Lu, who is 1.1m tall (3.6 feet) and weighs 62 kg (136 pounds), put on weight dramatically since his appetite grew when he was 3 months old. His worried parents took him to several hospitals, but the reason for his obesity remains unknown, though it is possibly due to his dietary habit, according to local media.
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Lu Zhihao, 4, shows his empty rice bowl to his teacher during lunch time at a kindergarten in Foshan, Guangdong province March 29, 2011.
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Lu Zhihao (C), 4, walks with his parents on a street in Foshan, Guangdong province March 29, 2011.
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Japan in need
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Yoshiko Sugawara, a 70-year-old tsunami survivor, cries as her niece leaves on a boat from the devastated island of Oshima for the mainland
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Keiko Hirota does her laundry at the ruins of her home in Yamada town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 28, 2011.
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A Pakistani plain-clothes policeman examines the wreckage of a police van after a bomb blast in the town of Charsadda on March 31. A bomb blast targeting an Islamic party chief killed at least 10 people and wounded 20 others in the northwestern Pakistani town, police said. The bombing took place in the town of Charsadda, close to the convoy of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party - the second attack against the politician and his supporters in as many days.
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A Lego model depicting an imaginary scene from the forthcoming Royal Wedding on March 30 in Windsor, England. The scene in the front of Buckingham Palace includes models of the wedded couple, HRH Prince William and wife to be Kate Middleton. Lego models of distinguished guests include the Beckhams, Sir Elton John, and Sir Paul McCartney.
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Shakira performs during a concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on March 30.
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In this March 22 photo, Manami Kon, using Japanese hiragana characters she just learned, writes a letter for her mother who's still missing after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the devastated city of Miyako, northeastern Japan. The 4-year-old Manami wrote, "Dear Mommy. I hope you're alive. Are you okay?" It took about an hour for her to finish it. Twenty days after the disaster that hit Japan's northeastern coast, her parents and a sister were still unaccounted for.
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In this March 22, 2011 photo, Manami Kon, 4, waits for her parents and younger sister who are still missing after the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami, in Miyako, northern Japan
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The galaxy NGC 6872 (left) and its companion IC 4970 (right) are locked in a tango as they gravitationally interact.
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NGC 371 glows in a picture taken using the FORS1 instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile. NGC 371 lies in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Gordon Rose checks out a fly that Nathan Hansen made at the Sheridan VA Medical Center, in Sheridan, Wyo. For longtime guide and fly-tier Gordon Rose, the sport of fly fishing has been a both a career and a lifelong passion. Nine veterans are participating in a program Rose launched last month called, Sheridan WYO Healing Waters, part of a national non-profit program called Project Healing Waters that’s dedicated to helping disabled military veterans through fly fishing.
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Fran Oswald works on tying a fly during at the Sheridan VA Medical Center, in Sheridan, Wyo.
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Members of Mara 18 street gang gesture while inside a maximum security cell within the Torre de Tribunales courthouse in Guatemala City on March 30, 2011. The gang members were sentenced to 47 years in prison for the murder of Jorge Winter, a teacher at the Etapa II correctional facility, during a riot.
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Tiffany Hartley speaks at a rally at the Capitol in Denver on March 30, 2011, where she demanded that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, David Hartley, who was presumably gunned down on a lake along the Texas - Mexico border.
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Rebel fighters receive training on how to use a mortar at a military camp in Benghazi, Libya, March 30, 2011. According to media sources, Libyan rebels were on the retreat on Wednesday, after losing ground overnight to Muammar Gadhafi's forces. Rebels retreated from Bin Jawad and Brega as Libyan armed forces pushed forward to retake the strategic towns. Gadhafi's forces also routed rebels from the nearby oil port of Ras Lanuf, pushing the front line further eastward.
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Survivors cry in front of debris at the March 11 earthquake and tsunami-destroyed area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
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A screen shows photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and starved North Korean children at a Human Right exhibition for North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. South Korea says U.N. officials believe that North Korea needs massive international food aid. But Seoul has no immediate plans to resume food shipments. The letters on the screen read: "North Koreans are in danger of death from starvation due to idolization of Kim Jong Il and his luxurious life".
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Suspected militant Abdullah Sunata stands behind bars inside a holding cell at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Prosecutors demanded 15 years in jail for Sunata, one of Indonesia's top terrorism suspects, who was accused of helping set up a militant network that was plotting Mumbai-style attacks on foreigners at luxury hotels and embassies in the capital.
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A supporter holds pictures of two of three convicted Filipino drug traffickers in China, as they light candles in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, on Wednesday March 30, 2011. The Philippine Government said China on Wednesday executed three Filipinos convicted of drug smuggling despite last-minute appeals for clemency and political concessions by the country's leaders.
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Pakistanis watch the ICC World Cup cricket semifinal match between India and Pakistan on a television set at a clothes shop in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.
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Britain's Prince Harry tries out an immersion suit, during training for the Walking with the Wounded expedition, on the island of Spitsbergen, situated between the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole, Wednesday March 30, 2011. The third in line to the British throne will train for three days before accompanying the team on the first five days of their four-week expedition.
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Milwaukee Brewers players jog in the snow at Great American Ball Park, Wednesday, March 30, 2011, in Cincinnati. The Brewers open their 2011 major league baseball season Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds in Cincinnati.
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Impoverished Somali children sift through a mountain of garbage in Mogadishu's southern Hamarjajab neighborhood, Somalia, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of children most of them from the displaced families in Mogadishu go out every day roaming the streets and begging in order to help sustain their families.
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Pakistani officials collect evidence at the site of a suicide bombing at Swabi, near Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March, 30, 2011. A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle attacked a police checkpoint striking amid a crowd gathered along the road to greet a prominent hardline Islamist politician and killing many people, police said.
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Libyan rebels riding at the back of an armed pickup truck brave a sand storm at the main road heading to Benghazi while leaving the eastern town of Ajdabiya, Libya, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Muammar Qaddafi's ground forces recaptured a strategic oil town Wednesday and were close to taking a second, making new inroads in beating back a rebel advance toward the capital Tripoli.
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Anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south.
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Female anti-government protestors listen to speeches during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis are pressing their demand for the country's longtime ruler to step down. Wednesday's crowds in the capital Sanaa and elsewhere are also denouncing a deadly munitions factory blast that killed at least 100 people in the country's south.
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In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad addresses the nation during a speech at the Parliament in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Syria's president has blamed the wave of protests against his authoritarian rule on "conspirators", but he failed to offer any concessions to appease the extraordinary wave of dissent.
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A municipal worker paints a sculpture of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's April 12, 1961, space flight, the world's first manned mission in space, will start next week.
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N.C. teen murdered when man throws paving stone at car
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Michael John Craver of Lexington, N.C. pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Shelby Chisom, who was killed when Craver threw a paving stone through a car window last August. Craver filed the plea Monday, officials say. He faces a maximum sentence of more than 40 years in prison, reports CBS affiliate WFMY, but his expected sentence is between 12 to 16 years, according to District Attorney Gary Frank.
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Authorities have found the body of Summer Inman, the 25-year-old Ohio mother of three who had been missing since March 22. Inman's body was discovered Tuesday night in the septic system of a church located in Southeast Ohio, reports CBS affiliate WBNS. Investigators searched the area behind Faith Tabernacle Church located on U.S. Route 33, after receiving information from a member of the Inman family. Officers had to unscrew a cover to the septic system in order to remove Inman's body, reports the station.
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Police did not elaborate on how Inman may have died; they are still awaiting the autopsy report, the station reports. Police allege that Inman's estranged husband, William A. Inman II, 26, and his parents, William A. Inman, 47, and Sandra Inman, 46 are responsible for her disappearance. They remain in the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail after their arrests on kidnapping charges last week, reports the station.
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Rothwell, who enrolled at the Pinellas Police Academy in St. Petersburg, was last seen March 12. Donna Scharrett is the last person known to see Rothwell after a girls' night. A grocery store surveillance camera caught a glimpse of both women as they grabbed pizzas for dinner, reported CBS affiliate WTSP. The next morning the two went to yoga and then had lunch at Chili's. That was the last time Scharrett saw her friend
Scharret told WTSP that Rothwell had plans to go home and break up with Perry, whom she had tried to break up with before unsuccessfully. Indian Rocks Beach detectives say Rothwell was sharing an apartment with Perry who was a retired corrections officer, the station reported.
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Great thread. Keep em' comin' bro.
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Cuban President Raul Castro greets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Cuban State Council in Havana. Carter's visit will include a meeting with blogger Yoani Sanchez, who has often been criticized by the Cuban state.
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Oil is deposited along marsh land in Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said oil is still found in different parts of Plaquemines Parish almost a year after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded
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George Clooney has been named as a defense witness for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's prostitution trial. Clooney said he's uncertain why he's been called: "I've only met Berlusconi once."
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Radiation from the Japanese nuclear disaster has apparently been found in milk in Spokane, Washington. The radiation levels still remain 5,000 times below levels of concern set by the Food and Drug Administration.
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A Pakistani blast victim is transported to a hospital in Peshawar. A bomb blast targeting Islamic party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman killed at least 10 people and wounded 20 others.
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The unexpected resignation of David Sokol from Berkshire Hathaway has led to intense speculation over who is now the leading successor to the Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. The billionaire Buffett is 80 years old.
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Recently discovered letters by and photos of the late James Earl Ray are offering a new perspective on the convicted killer of Martin Luther King, Jr. The materials were found in the Shelby County, Tennessee archives.
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Supporters of Alassane Ouattara have seized the crucial San Pedro cocoa port. Ouattara is internationally recognized as winning the Ivory Coast presidential election, but incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refuses to give up power.
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The State Department denies approving Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis' internship with AECOM in the U.S. Khamis was in multiple American cities shortly before the Libyan uprising. Above: Khamis Gadhafi in Tripoli in 2001.
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Marlon Martinez and other members of the Mara 18 gang receive 47 years at the Torre de Tribunales courthouse in Guatemala City. The gang members were sentenced for the murder of Jorge Winter during a prison riot.
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With Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' recovery from an assassination attempt progressing surprisingly rapidly, there is speculation she may run for the Senate seat currently held by Republican John Kyl.
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A study examining Census Bureau data has found that during the recession the median household net worth for black families has dropped to just $2,200, a record low. Above: Job seekers at a career fair in Chicago.
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Policemen stand in front of the entrance of Swiss nuclear power industry association in Olten. Two people were injured when a letter bomb exploded at the offices of the association.
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Libyan rebels rest in Uqayla after Muammar Gaddafi's forces drove them out of Ras Lanuf. Despite the defeat, the rebels have been encouraged by the news President Obama has authorized covert operations in Libya
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A worker walks past tsunami debris and dismantled buildings in Kamaishi. Some positive news was received when Hawaiian Airline announced they expected flights to Japan to return to their usual levels as soon as May.
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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sits beside his daughter Irina Virganskaya while awaiting the start of the celebration of his 80th birthday at the Royal Albert Hall in London. A host of stars gathered for the event.
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Killer whale Tilikum appears in the show "Believe" at Sea World in Orlando, Florida. It was the whale's first public performance since killing the trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010.
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Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain look on after a guard collapsed at the Palacio Del Pardo during the visit of Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess to Madrid.
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Illegal immigrants from North Africa depart from a refugee center on Lampedusa Island. Hundreds continue to flee daily to the small Italian island, with the number of arrivals in 2011 approaching 20,000.
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Syrian laborers in Lebanon kneel to kiss pictures of their President Bashar al-Assad during a pro-government rally outside the Syrian embassy in Beirut. Assad has blamed conspirators for the unrest sweeping his nation
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New Delhi, India: Cricket fans celebrate after their team won the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final match against Pakistan
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Pretoria, South Africa: Lerato, the first African Savannah elephant to be born in captivity at the National Zoological Gardens is seen with one of her handlers
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Kabul Afghanistan: Non-commissioned officer recruits march through coloured smoke during a parade to mark a graduation ceremony
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Libya: Rebels fire rockets at loyalist forces near Brega
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Koenigswinter, Germany: A jellyfish floats through its tank at the Sea Life Aquarium
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Kandahar, Afghanistan: A wounded Canadian soldier lies aboard a US army Blackhawk helicopter while being evacuated
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Knutsford, UK: A young performer with the Bobby Roberts Circus holds a door in the big top open for ponies
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Sulawesi, Indonesia: Employees work in a state-owned ferronickel smelter
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Guatemala City, Guatemala: Leader of the Mara 18 street gang, Marlon Martinez, is seen inside a maximum security vehicle outside of the Torre de Tribunales courthouse
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Maloney,Trinidad: Reverend Marcia Worrell from Barbados, sings at the 16th Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebration
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Gorby 80: Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday gala
Kevin Spacey and Sharon Stone host star-studded charity concert at Royal Albert Hall for last leader of the Soviet Union's 80th birthday, where guests included Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lech Walesa
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Mikhail Gorbachev speaks on stage at the Gorby 80 Gala at the Royal Albert Hall, London
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Kevin Spacey on the red carpet outside the gala
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Goldie Hawn also made an appearance
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Ted Turner, founder of CNN and ex-husband of Jane Fonda
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Opera singer Katherine Jenkins was there too
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Bryan Ferry strikes a typically louche pose at the gala
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Ksenia Gorbacheva, left and Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughters of Mikhail Gorbachev
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Tottenham footballer Roman Pavlyuchenko was at the gala
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Sharon Stone looking glamorous as ever in a nightie
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Valery Gergiev conducts the orchestra
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Milla Jovovich shows off her ubiquitous style
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Former Polish president Lech Walesa apparently rates the gala quite highly
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Former member of the Spice Girls Mel C. Not the first person you might associate with Gorbachev, perhaps
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Paul Anka, singer of Diana (but you knew that, didn't you?). 26 August is Paul Anka Day in Ottawa, incidentally
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'Hasta la vista, Gorby!' Arnold Schwarzenegger may well have said, shortly before this picture was taken
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Kevin Spacey and Sharon Stone introduce the gala concert for 'The Man Who Changed The World'
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London Mayor Boris Johnson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California, pose on hire-scheme bicycles. The pair met to exchange ideas on green technology
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Spain's Princess Letizia (L) looks on as a member of the honour guard is assisted after passing out during a parade before the arrival of Britain's Prince Charles at the Pardo Palace outside Madrid, March 30, 2011.
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Rebel fighters and others cling onto the back of a pick-up truck with a mounted anti-aircraft gun as they flee artillery fire on the road between Ajdabiyah and Brega, in Libya, March 30, 2011.
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Police officers search a street for forensic evidence in Stockwell, London March 30, 2011. A five-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man are in critical condition after they were shot in a shop in Stockwell, south London, police said on Wednesday.
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A man fleeing the unrest in Tunisia looks on as he and others arrive at the southern Italian island of Lampedusa March 30, 2011
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India's Harbhajan Singh celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi during their ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match in Mohali March 30, 2011.
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An ammunition belt hangs over a car door painted in the colours of the rebel Kingdom of Libya flag near Brega in eastern Libya March 30, 2011.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) talks with evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at Tokyo Budoh-kan, currently an evacuation shelter, in Tokyo March 30, 2011.
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Boys play, with the Sugar Loaf mountain in the background, at Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro March 30, 2011.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launches a Tomahawk cruise missile from the ship's bow in the Mediterranean Sea in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated March 29, 2011.
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A man hold his mobile phone as he sits in ruins of a house in Minamisanriku after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 30, 2011.
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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (2nd R) reacts next to his wife Marisa Leticia (R) as they observe the body of Jose Alencar, who was Lula's vice-president during both terms of office, along with Alencar's widow, Marisa (L), at the wake in Planalto Palace in Brasilia March 30, 2011.
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Rebels flee after forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi attacked them near Brega in eastern Libya, March 30, 2011.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. (TEPCO) Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (C) and Executive Vice-Presidents Sakae Muto (R) and Takashi Fujimoto bow at a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo March 30, 2011.
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Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead his weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican March 30, 2011.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles, during a visit to the Centre for Applied Sciences at City and Islington College, in north London March 30, 2011.
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The parents of Corporal Yannick Scherrer mourn as they are escorted to the hearse carrying his casket, at Canadian Forces Base Trenton March 30, 2011. Corporal Scherrer was killed after an improvised explosive device detonated while on operations in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on March 27, 2011. His body returned home to Canada today.
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Celebrity birthdays in April
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Apr 1 - Susan Boyle turns 50. Susan Boyle performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York, November 23, 2009.
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Apr 3 - Eddie Murphy turns 50. Cast member Eddie Murphy attends the premiere of the film "Imagine That" in Los Angeles June 6, 2009.
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Apr 4 - Robert Downey Jr. turns 46. Actor Robert Downey, Jr. displays his hands covered with cement during his hand and footprint ceremony in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California December 7, 2009.
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Apr 7 - Jackie Chan turns 57. Actor Jackie Chan poses for a portrait during a press day for his upcoming movie "The Spy Next Door" at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles January 8, 2010.
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Apr 9 - Hugh Hefner turns 85. Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner poses for a portrait at his Playboy mansion in Los Angeles, California, July 27, 2010.
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Apr 14 - Adrien Brody turns 38. Actor Adrien Brody is interviewed at the NBC Universal after party following the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 16, 2011.
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Apr 17 - Victoria Beckham turns 37. Victoria Beckham is pictured before the start of the Italian Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus at the San Siro stadium in Milan May 10, 2009
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Apr 20 - George Takei turns 74. Actor George Takei gestures at the premiere of the movie "Star Trek" at the Grauman's Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California April 30, 2009.
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Apr 21 - Queen Elizabeth II turns 85. Britain's Queen Elizabeth leaves Buckingham Palace in a horse drawn carriage to attend the State Opening of Parliament, London May 25, 2010.
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Apr 24 - Barbra Streisand turns 69. Barbra Streisand performs during a concert in the Hallenstadion in Zurich, June 18, 2007.
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Apr 25 - Al Pacino turns 71. Cast member Al Pacino arrives for the premiere of the TV film "You Don't Know Jack" about the life of assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian in New York April 14, 2010.
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Apr 26 - Jet Li turns 48. Chinese actor Jet Li gestures while giving an address during a lecture at an university in Taipei June 2, 2008. The characters in the background are Li's Chinese name "Li Lian-jie."
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Apr 28 - Penelope Cruz turns 37. Spanish actress Penelope Cruz arrives at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles January 23, 2010.
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Apr 29 - Daniel Day Lewis turns 54. Actor Daniel Day Lewis poses for a portrait in New York, November 15, 2009.
