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  • Kim Clijsters wins her first Australian Open title.

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    Kim Clijsters of Belgium returns the ball to Li Na of China during their women's singles final round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 29.

     

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    Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts after winnng the womens singles final against Li Na of China on the thirteenth day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2011. Clijsters won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

     

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    Belgium's Kim Clijsters faces photographers, holding her trophy after defeating China's Li Na at their women's final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne,

     More photos from the Australian Open. Read the full story.

  • Yannis Behrakis / Reuters

    Demonstrators celebrate atop an Army tank in Tahrir square during protests in Cairo on January 29, 2011. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused on Saturday to bow to demands that he resign after ordering troops and tanks into cities in an attempt to quell an explosion of street protests against his 30-year rule.

    Hannibal Hanschke / EPA

    Onlookers visit the looted and burned out headquarter of the National Democratic Party, the governing party of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, on Saturday, January 29, 2011. Wide spread looting and riots have continued in Egypt's capital.

    Demonstrators in Egypt pose on burned vehicles and atop Army tanks in Cairo.

    These images seem to suggest that the demonstrators are feeling that victory is close at hand. More photos from Egypt.

  • Gurinder Osan / AP

    People are silhouetted in front of the illuminated Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011, at the end of the Beating the Retreat ceremony. The ceremony held on Jan. 29 every year marks the end of Republic Day celebrations.

    Illuminated palace in New Delhi, India

    Photos from Republic Day celebrations in India.

  • Wallace, Daniel / AP

    Tampa Police officer escorts Julie Powers Schenecker to Orient Road Jail on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 in Tampa, Fla. Police said Julie Powers Schenecker admitted the slayings after officers found her covered in blood on the back porch of her home Friday morning, police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. Schenecker's mother had called police from Texas because she was unable to reach the 50-year-old woman, whom she said was depressed and had been complaining about her children.

    Police: Army officer's wife kills her 2 'mouthy' teens

    Another tragic family murder. Full story.

  • Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Utyci Brown (L) pulls away from Eenjour Mighty to win the boys 50 meter fastest kid on the block race at the 104th Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden in New York, Jan. 28, 2011.

    Utyci Brown wins fastest kid on the block race at Millrose Games

    I didn't realize that a world class track meet like the Millrose Games had events for boys and girls. Mighty seems to be trying mighty hard.

  • Cricket team from Compton to tour Australia

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    Emilio Cazarez practices his swing in the nets during a training session with his Compton Homies and Popz cricket teammates at Woodley Cricket Field on January 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. The team, comprised of African Americans and Latinos, was formed to provide an alternative to gang activities that ruled their Compton neighborhoods. The team will tour Australia for two weeks, playing three matches in Sydney and three more in Melbourne, including a Twenty20 match against the Johnny Mullagh Indigenous XI, as well as taking part in various fundraising activities specially helping raise funds for Australian flood victims.

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    Ricardo Salgado, who is on parole and cannot travel with the team to Australia, shows his tattoos after a training session with his Compton Homies and Popz cricket teammates.

  • NASA

    The Solar Dynamics Observator caught nearly simultaneous solar eruptions on opposite sides of the sun. Recent research suggests the activity might be linked.

    Double whammy on the sun

    A spectacular double eruption on the sun was captured today by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The eruptions happened nearly simultaneously on opposite sides of the solar disk, SpaceWeather.com reported. The plasma clouds produced by the event are expected to miss Earth, so there's no threat to us or to satellites orbiting the planet.

    On the lower left in this image of the sun, a magnetic filament erupted, and on the upper right a departing sunspot produced the strongest solar flare of the year so far, an M1-class event. The double whammy may be more than a mere coincidence: Recent research suggests that solar activity is interconnected by magnetism over large distances, and that solar storms can go global.

    For still more stunning views of the cosmos, check out the latest edition of Month in Space Pictures.


    John Roach is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by hitting the "like" button on the Cosmic Log Facebook page or following msnbc.com's science editor, Alan Boyle, on Twitter (@b0yle).

  • Demonstrations in Egypt turn violent, while some demonstrators kiss the police.

    Sometimes amidst violence, there are scenes of compassion and understanding between those facing off. More photos from Egypt.

    Lefteris Pitarakis / AP

    An Egyptian anti-government activist kisses a riot police officer following clashes in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

    Tara Todras-Whitehill / AP

    A man, who gave his name as Maged Mahmoud, is tended to after he was injured during clashes with riot police in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic scenes yet in the challenge to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images

    Police gather in Tahrir Square as a car burns on January 28, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

  • Cesar Manso / AFP - Getty Images

    A person walks in a park on January 28, 2011 in the northern Spanish city of Burgos during the first snowfall of the year.

    Welcome to winter, Burgos, Spain.

    Lovely when it first falls, isn't it? It's not nearly this pretty today in New York City, following our snowfall yesterday.

  • Chris O'Meara / AP

    Lorraine Yaslowitz, right, arrives at the church for a memorial service for her husband, St. Petersburg, Fla., police Officer Jeffrey Yaslowitz and Sgt. Thomas Baitinger, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The two police officers were shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant on Hydra Lacy. A third officer was injured.

    Fallen police officer honored in St. Petersburg, Florida

    More from the service here.

  • Mark Wilson / Getty Images

    Members of the audiance take pictures of President Barack Obama as he works the rope line after speaking about health care during the "Health Action 2011" conference on January 28, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Health Action network is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care.

    Obama is photographed while working the line after speaking about health care.

    This scene is becoming more common, but still nicely captured by the photographer, Mark Wilson. See images from Obama's second year in office.

  • Arben Celi / Reuters

    The sister of Faik Myrtaj mourns over her brother's portrait on Jan. 28 during a march to commemorate the three victims, including Myrtaj, of last week's deadly riots in Tirana.

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    Altin Veizi, the son of Ziver Veizi, one of three victims killed last week, sheds tears during a protest to commemorate the three victims of last weeks deadly government riots in Tirana, Albania.

    Armando Babani / EPA

    Leader of Albanian opposition Socialist Party of Albania, Edi Rama, center, is surounded by bodyguards during a protest to commemorate the three victims of last week's deadly government riots in Tirana, Albania. Prime Minster Sali Berisha and officials had accused the opposition Socialist Party of attempting a coup. Rama deflected the blame, insisting that Berishas authorities provoked the violence to strengthen his grip on power.

    A protest to commemorate victims of last weeks riots in Albania

    Full story here.

  • Mohamed Bouazizi, the fruit vendor whose death may have changed the Arab world

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    A handout picture released by the Tunisian Presidency shows President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, second left, visiting patient Mohamed Bouazizi at the Ben Arous hospital near Tunis on Dec. 28. Bouazizi died in hospital on Jan. 4 and Ben Ali fled the country on Jan. 14.

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    Mohamed Bouazizi's cousin, Walid Bouazizi, prays on his cousin's grave in Sidi Bouzid on Jan. 20.

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    Basma Bouazizi, sister of Mohamed Bouazizi, poses in her home in Sidi Bouzid on Jan. 20.

    Salah Habibi / AP

    Protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis on Jan. 28.

    It began with a minor dispute between a street vendor and a municipal inspector in the provincial Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid. Six weeks on, the repercussions continue to resonate around the Arab world.

    The man who inspired the people of Tunisia to rise up against their government was Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26 year old fruit vendor who set himself on fire in protest at his treatment by the local authorities. President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali visited Bouazizi in hospital in a vain attempt to stem the criticism of his regime, as shown in the first photograph above. But within ten days of Bouazizi's death, Ben Ali was forced to flee the country.

    Kareem Fahim of the New York Times wrote a detailed account of Bouazizi's life and death, and Kim Sengupta of the Independent interviewed his grieving mother. 'The government drove him to do what he did; they never gave him a chance. We are poor and they thought we had no power,' she said. 'My son is lost, but look what is happening, how many people are now getting involved.'

     

  • Volcano Shinmoedake spews for 3rd day in Japan

    Here are a few images of the volcano Shinmoedake, which we posted about yesterday on PhotoBlog. AP story below.

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    Shinmoedake peak erupts between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in this aerial view taken, Jan. 28. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within a 2 km radius of the volcano.

    Takaharu Town Office via Reuters

    Shinmoedake peak erupts, as seen from Takaharu Town Office, Miyazaki prefecture early morning, Jan. 27. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within 2 km (1.2 miles) radius of the volcano. Picture taken by long exposure.

    Shohei Izumi/Yomiuri / Reuters

    Shinmoedake peak erupts between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, as seen in this aerial view taken Jan. 28. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call on for an evacuation of all residents within a 2 km radius of the volcano.

    The Associated Press reports:

    A volcano in southern Japan has repeatedly erupted, spewing large amounts of ash and smoke over nearby towns, grounding flights and causing health concerns.

    Television footage showed residents scooping up thick ash from streets as the 4,662-foot (1,421-meter) volcano Shinmoedake shot out soot for a third day Friday.

    Nobody has been injured in the eruption, but the Japan Meteorological Agency has restricted access to the mountain.

  • Mohammed Saber / EPA

    Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters attend a demonstartion against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City on Friday, Jan. 28. Thousands of Hamas supporters attended a demonstration against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Al-Jazeera TV, citing leaked documents, said Abbas made major secret concessions to Israel.

    Demonstrating against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza City

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  • Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

    Members of a winter swimming club run along an embankment to heat up before getting into the icy waters of the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about -13 degrees Celsius (8.6 degrees Fahrenheit), in the town of Divnogorsk, 24 miles south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, January 28, 2011.

    Swimmers warm up brefore getting into icy waters in Russia

    Here's another cold weather picture out of Russia today, yow.

  • Egypt's 'day of rage'

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    Riot police fire water cannons at protesters attempting to cross the Kasr Al Nile Bridge, Jan. 28 in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations.

    Khaled Desouki / AFP - Getty Images

    An Egyptian demonstrator confronts riot police during demonstrations in Cairo on Friday.

    Full story here and slideshow here.

  • Street children in Kathmandu

    These photos moved today of homeless children who use the open space outside a temple in Kathmandu as their home. According to Reuters, Association for Protection of the Children, a child aid agency, provides food, basic education and shelter to street children whose number is rising in the streets of the Nepali capital, a growing problem in one of the world's poorest countries.

    Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

    Subash Thapa, 12, a homeless child engages in drawing near a temple in Kathmandu on Friday, Jan. 28.

    Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

    Yamu Budhamagar, 8, a homeless child stands under the sun near a temple in Kathmandu, Jan. 28. The open space outside the temple is his home. Association for Protection of the Children, a child aid agency, provides food, basic education and shelter to street children whose number is rising in the streets of the Nepali capital, a growing problem in one of the world's poorest countries.

    Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

    Ashok Karki, 8, center, a homeless child engages in drawing near a temple in Kathmandu Jan. 28, 2011. The open space outside the temple is his home.

  • How did the elephants cross the road? They went underneath it

     

    Jason Straziuso / AP

    Elephants exit Africa's first dedicated elephant underpass near the slopes of Mt. Kenya on Jan. 24. Conservationists say the tunnel connects two elephant habitats that had been cut off from each other for years by human development.

    Jason Straziuso / AP

    Elephants exit Africa's first dedicated elephant underpass near the slopes of Mt. Kenya on Jan. 24. Conservationists say the tunnel connects two elephant habitats that had been cut off from each other for years by human development.

    The 15-foot-high (4.5-meter-high) tunnel opened for elephant business around Christmas, and on Jan. 1 a bull elephant named Tony made the first crossing. Accompanied by two other young males, Tony moved through the underpass again on Monday as seen in these photos. Full story.

    Partners in the underpass project included the Mount Kenya Trust, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Save The Elephants.

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