A referee (C) declares a TKO during a boxing performance in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, December 28, 2009. [Photo/CFP]
As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London.
The fallow plots of farmland on the edge of the artists' village of Songzhuang are a symbol of Chinese contemporary art's recent boom and bust cycle.
Gwen Stefani visits friends with her family in the Beaconsfield area, UK, December 27, 2009.
Lady Gaga performs at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on December 23, 2009 in Los Angeles.
The Afghan war will come to its 10 years old in 2010 since it began in 2001. What is its result?
