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Thursday, October 8, 2009

News Today, October 09, 2009 (1)

Palestinian Fatah supporters form a human pyramid, during a rally supporting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. The rally took place amid growing criticism among Palestinians of Abbas' decision to suspend action on a U.N. report on Gaza war crimes.SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 09: Newly-appointed Wallabies vice-captain Berrick Barnes talks to the media during a press conference to announce the Australian Wallabies spring tour squad at ARU Headquarters on October 9, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.Los Angeles Dodgers' Mark Loretta (C) and Matt Kemp celebrate after Loretta's pinch hit single gave the Dodgers a win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth inning during their MLB National League Division Series playoff baseball game in Los Angeles October 8, 2009.In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, miners are seen around a lifter at a tin ore mine operated by the Shanxing Antimony Industry Company in Lengshuijiang in China's Hunan province, on Friday Oct. 9, 2009. The collapse of two elevators in the tin ore mine in central China has killed 26 men and injured five others in the latest accident to hit the country's dangerous mining industry.A model displays a Spring/Summer design by Amaya Arzuaga during the Pasarela Castilla y Leon fashion show in Burgos, northern Spain Thursday Oct. 8, 2009.Ottawa Senators' Chris Neil (top) is tied up by New York Islanders goalie Martin Biron during the third period of their NHL hockey game in Ottawa October 8, 2009.Eric Maynor of Utah Jazz drives for the basket past Real Madrid's Novica Velickovic from Serbia, right, during their NBA preseason basketball game at the Palacio de los Deportes, in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.Federal policemen stand guard on the roof of their regional command after a shootout with attackers who tried to free members of the Gulf drug cartel in Monterrey, northern Mexico October 8, 2009. Drug hitmen attempted to rescue 5 members of the Gulf cartel, who were arrested in the northern Mexican town of Linares and brought to the nearby city of Monterrey, where they were surprised by gunmen which resulted in a shootout, local media said.A model displays a Spring/Summer design by Pablo Y Mayaya during the Pasarela Castilla y Leon fashion show in Burgos, northern Spain Thursday Oct. 8, 2009.credit photo: Gettyimages, AP, Reuters