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Ryder Cup 2012: day one
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The first shot of the tournament is by Europe's Graeme McDowell but it appears nerves, or the home crowd has got to him as he hook a hilariously nervy tee shot towards a temporary wall down the left. Thankfully for the Europeans Jim Furyk slices his shot into the crowd too
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Rory McIlroy celebrates after his delicious chip on the 4th hole won the hole for him and McDowell
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Things don't get better for Tiger Woods on the seventh hole as one of his balls clocked a fan on the head resulting in medical attention for the chap
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Brandt Snedeker hits from a flower bed on the 10th
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Mickelson hits from a bunker on the 14th
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Keegan Bradley reacts after sinking a long putt on the fifteenth hole to win 4&3
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Well done my son!
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Things still haven't improved for Tiger Woods, he hits a poor tee shot on the 15th
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There's a jig from a Europe Caddy as Graeme McDowell sinks the putt that wins his foursomes match. At the end of the foursomes the scores are level 2-2. McDowell/McIlroy and Poulter/Rose won for Europe and Mickelson/Bradley and Dufner/Z Johnson won the American's matches
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European fans – including an obligatory British redcoat – greet the start of the afternoon fourballs.
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In the interests of balance... American fans show they can do silly outfits too
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Managua, Nicaragua: masked women at a demonstration marking the Latin American Day for the Decriminalisation of Abortion. Abortions are illegal in Nicaragua
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Islamabad, Pakistan: a child waits his turn to receive a ration of donated rice during food distribution at the Beri Imam
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Sanabis, Bahrain: a youth holds petrol bombs as anti-government protesters prepare for clashes with riot police
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Caracas, Venezuela: a person wears a giant puppet depicting Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. Venezuela's presidential election is scheduled for 7 October
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Palestinian protesters prepare to throw stones towards Israeli soldiers during a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Kfar Qaddum, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus
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Robert Marchand, 100 years old, celebrates after beating the 100 km record by a centenarian, at the Lyon's velodrome.
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Palestinian members of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) participate in an anti-Israel military show in Gaza City
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Police station in Bordeaux, southwestern France, where the teacher Jeremy Forrest, was placed in custody and Megan Stammers was under police protection. The pair caused a Europe-wide hunt after running away together
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Are you coming in? Prime Minister David Cameron meets British boxing gold medallist Nicola Adams at the Luta Pela Paz project which helps to pull young people away from a life crime and drugs and into sport
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Is it over yet?: civil servants demonstrate in Piazza della Repubblica, Rome
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Jumping for joy: South African fielder Jean-Paul Duminy celebrates after holding a catch to dismiss Pakistan's batsman Yasir Arafat, during the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Super Eight match in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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People carry the body of a farmer killed in a shooting at a rubber plantation in Yala, Thailand. Authorities have blamed Muslim insurgents
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A man walks past a cement truck that fell into a pit after the road caved in, in Xi'an, Shaanxi province in China, Sept. 28. No casualty was reported, according to local media.
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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Homer Bailey celebrates with Cincinnati Reds catcher Ryan Hanigan after getting the final out of a no-hitter in a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. The Reds won 1-0.
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Ryder Cup 2012: Day two
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A tweet is written in the sky using giant smoke letters, 10,000 ft above the championship course. A number of tweets graced the sky which were submitted by British golf fans and put into the sky by five pilots in a stunt masterminded by bookmaker Paddy Power
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Woe for the world's number 1 as Rory McIlroy misses a birdie putt on the 6th
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Keegan Bradley seems chuffed to have made a putt on the 9th
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Ian Poulter celebrates after holing a putt on the 12th
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Another missed putt for Europe. This time it's on the 15th and it's Nicolas Colsaerts who's the guilty party
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Paul Lawrie of Europe plays a shot from the trees on the fifth hole
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Luke Donald (L) and Sergio Garcia of Europe win the ninth hole during day two of the Afternoon Four-Ball Matches
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Webb Simpson (R) and Bubba Watson of the USA celebrate Simpson's birdie on the 13th green during day two of the Afternoon Four-Ball Matches
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The cargo ship BSLE Sunrise lies stranded close to the shore in Valencia after a heavy rainstorm, Sept. 29. Two cargo ships, Celia and the BSLE Sunrise, which were anchored in front of the Valencia port were stranded by heavy rainstorms on Friday night. According to local media, eight people died due to the storm which hit south-eastern Spain.
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Seville, Spain: a photographer jumps over a smoke canister during a protest by firefighters, security and military personnel against cuts in their salaries imposed by Spanish government
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Lisbon, Portugal: people protest during a demonstration against the Portuguese government's austerity policies
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Mexico City, Mexico: farmers carrying baskets of maize stand with demonstrators covered in black paint during an event commemorating Dia Nacional del Maiz (national corn day)
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Kachin state, Burma: soldiers from the All Burma Students Democratic Front, an ally of the Kachin Independence Army, at an outpost on the Laja Yang frontline
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Medinah, Illinois, USA: British fans watch the action during day two of the morning foursome matches at the Ryder Cup
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Relatives of slain 17-year-old Ali Hussain Nima mourn before his funeral procession at the cemetery in Sadad village, south of Manama, September 29, 2012
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Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad patrol at Tal-al-Zrazir neighbourhood in Aleppo city September 29, 2012
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Venezuela's President and Presidential candidate Hugo Chavez waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Guarenas in the state of Miranda September 29, 2012.
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Chidren wade through a flooded road in Idah Local Government Area in Nigeria's central state of Kogi September 27, 2012.
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Anti-government protesters clash with riot police after the funeral procession for 17-year-old Ali Hussain Nima in Sadad village, south of Manama, September 29, 2012
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A demonstrator dressed as a clown sits next to the euro sculpture in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) during an anti-capitalism demonstration in Frankfurt, September 29, 2012.
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Ryder Cup 2012: the final day
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As play gets underway, Europe's Luke Donald claims an early lead over Bubba Watson
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On such an important day as this, you would imagine the players might arrive early. Not Rory McIlroy - he almost missed his tee off time
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It has not affected him one bit, though. He is two up against Keegan Bradley and his team-mates are on a charge too. Paul Lawrie is two up, Sergio García is one up and Peter Hanson is one up
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Wonder what the former Barcelona football team manager Pep Guardiola and family think of that? As it stands, Europe are 5-2 up as the day's early starters begin the back nine
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Donald is in spectacular form, notching birdie upon birdie to take a four shot lead over Watson
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Look out, the Americans are on a charge. Bradley has gone all square with McIlroy, while several other the matches have turned the way of the hosts
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The swing is epitomised by a miserable hole for Nicolas Colsaerts, who three putts from two feet to hand the advantage in his match to Dustin Johnson. For the first time today, the USA are ahead on singles play
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However, Donald makes a great shot out of the bunker on the 17th to seal victory in his match by 2&1. That means it's 10-7 to the USA overall with 11 singles matches still to be decided
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Paul Lawrie, who still has three holes to spare, has been so dominant that his match is over too! He's won 5&3 over Brandt Snedeker
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McIlroy soon completes a 2&1 victory to make it 10-9 overall
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... before Poulter closes out his match, winning by two. So the USA and Europe are all tied at 10-10! What a comeback this is from Europe. Only one problem - USA are ahead in several of the ongoing matches
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Johnson beats Colsaerts to edge the USA ahead, 11-10. But Justin Rose, who was one down with two to play, goes birdie birdie to steal victory against Mickelson! It's 11-11 with six to play
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Zak Johnson beats Graeme McDowell before Westwood seals his win to make it 12-12. Then Jim Furyk misses a five-footer on the 18th to hand a precious and unlikely victory to Sergio Garcia! Europe are ahead and are only one point from retaining the cup ...
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Dufner beats Hanson to make it 13-13. Kaymer then takes a one-shot lead over Stricker going into the 18th, while Woods edges ahead of Molinari ... So, it's pretty simple now, Kaymer simply has to match Stricker on the 18th to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe
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Stricker's in the hole in four ... And Kaymer follows suit. EUROPE HAVE RETAINED THE RYDER CUP!
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McIlroy and his team-mates go berserk. At one stage yesterday they were 10-4 down. How things have changed
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Kaymer gets a well deserved bear hug from Garcia
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While the Americans look on despondently
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In the final pairing, Woods misses a short putt on the 18th and then sportingly grants Molinari, whose ball was still six feet from the hole, a half point. So Europe have won 14.5 to 13.5
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Truly exceptional. Olazabal is in tears
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The champagne is soon flowing, even before the Ryder Cup is handed to Olazabal!
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Reuters reports — A bus struck a container truck near Beijing and burst into flames on Monday, killing five German tourists and a Chinese driver as motorists jammed roads at the start of a week-long holiday.
Fourteen people were injured in the mid-morning accident as the bus on the road linking the capital to the neighboring city of Tianjin ran into the back of the truck, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
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A man walks under the wreckage of a fair ride after a tornado ripped through a funfair in Gandia, near Valencia, Spain, September 29. Ten people, including a young girl and an elderly woman, have died in Spain as a result of floods brought on by downpours, regional officials said
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A police officer uses his baton to hit an activist from the National Committee to protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports during a protest against the government in Dhaka, September 30, 2012.
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Residents inspect the site of a bomb attack in the town of Taji, north of Baghdad, September 30, 2012. A string of car bomb blasts targeting mainly police checkpoints killed at least 17 people across Iraq on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.
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A protestor gestures as she marches through the streets of Paris during a demonstration against austerity plans, September 30, 2012
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A pro-Telangana supporter throws a stone towards the riot police personnel during a protest in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, India, September 30, 2012.
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A temple burnt by Muslims is seen in Cox's Bazar September 30, 2012. Hundreds of Muslims in Bangladesh burned at least four Buddhist temples and 15 homes of Buddhists on Sunday after complaining that a Buddhist man had insulted Islam, police and residents said.
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Man freed after getting his head stuck in bin in Aberdeen
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Firefighters were called out to rescue a man whose head was stuck in a public litter bin in Aberdeen.
It is not yet known how the man got into the predicament, which happened on the city's Justice Street.
Emergency services were alerted to the man stuck with his head in the opening of the 4ft-high bin early on Sunday evening.
A spokesman for Grampian Fire and Rescue Service said the man was not injured.
He was taken to hospital for a check-up.
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Ginowan, Japan: Police officers forcibly remove a protester at the gate of the US marine corps' Futenma air station. Protesters had blocked the gate to demonstrate against the deployment of the multi-mission, tiltrotor aircraft MV-22 Osprey
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Tlaxcala, Mexico: Ash and smoke spew from the Popocatepetl volcano
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Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, Chris Huhne, arrives for a hearing in his perverting the course of justice case at Southwark crown court in London
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An Afghan boy receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide bomb attack in Khost province on 1 October. Three Nato soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were killed along with at least nine civilians in a suicide bomb attack on a foot patrol, according to a Nato spokesman and witnesses
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Jonathan Tucker's Sept. 30 photo captures the aurora's reflection in the Yukon lake below.
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The sky is aglow during an auroral display over Michigan's Central Upper Peninsula.
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A student walks past a Brazilian Army tank during a patrol of the Muquico slum in Rio de Janeiro on Oct. 1. Brazilian soldiers and marines started a patrol in Rio de Janeiro slums to guarantee "democratic freedom" and allow candidates to campaign for the upcoming Oct. 7 elections for the mayor and city council.
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A Bangladeshi Buddhist woman cries at a Buddhist temple which was torched in Ramu in the coastal district of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Oct. 1. Hundreds of Buddhists fled their southern Bangladesh villages in the wake of attacks by Muslims who burned at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran. The Buddhists started returning home Monday amid heightened security and more than 160 arrests.
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Bangladesh accused Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar on Monday of involvement in attacks on Buddhist temples and homes in the southeast and said the violence was triggered by a photo posted on Facebook that insulted Islam.
Thousands of Muslims went on a rampage in Buddhist areas of Bangladesh near the border on Saturday, setting ablaze more than a dozen temples and monasteries and at least 50 homes. Property was looted, including statues of the Buddha.
"The attacks on temples and houses in Buddhist localities in Ramu and neighboring areas in Cox's Bazar (district) were perpetrated by radical Islamists," Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir told reporters in Dhaka
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After heightened security and 160 arrests, some of the Buddhists began returning home on Monday, according to the Associated Press
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A Buddhist woman walks through the gate of a temple as a policeman stands guard on Oct. 1 after a weekend attack on the temple by Muslims, in Cox's Bazar.
