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  • Nadal beats Murray in Wimbledon semis

    It must be tough having the hopes of a nation on your shoulders on a stage as large as Wimbledon. Britain has not had men's finalist since 1938. Today, the best action was in the crowd. Full story.

    Previous Wimbledon Photoblog posts.

    Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP

    Britain's Andy Murray adjusts his hat during his men's semifinal match against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, Friday, July 1. Murray is attempting to reach the Wimbledon final for first time, which would make him the first British men's finalist since 1938.



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    Fans wear masks featuring Spanish player Rafael Nadal (R) and British player Andy Murray (L) during the men's single semi final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London on July 1.

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    Tennis spectators watch Andy Murray's semi final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain on Day Eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1, in London, England. Murray is attempting to reach the Wimbledon final for first time, which would make him the first British men's finalist since 1938.

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    Fans of British player Andy Murray watch on a big screen the semi final between Murray and Spanish player Rafael Nadal at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London on July 1.

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    Tennis spectators watch Andy Murray's semi final match against Rafael Nadal of Spain on Day Eleven of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 1 in London, England.

  • Zoo splash: Bear showers in Siberia, orangutans get beach party in Pittsburgh

    Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

    Buyan, a male Siberian brown bear, is given a shower by a zoo employee in his enclosure at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on July 1. The air temperature in Krasnoyarsk rose to 96 degrees fahrenheit on Friday.

    Keith Srakocic / AP

    Goyang, a 12-year-old male orangutan, plays with the bubbles placed into a water filled plastic swimming pool placed into its containment area at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Friday, July 1, in Pittsburgh. The zoo staged what they called an orangutan beach party with the pool, plastic chairs, and beach towels to promote family week at the complex.

    Keith Srakocic / AP

    Goyang, a 12-year-old male orangutan, top, dumps the water out of the plastic swimming pool placed into its containment area at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquaurium on Friday, July 1, 2011 in Pittsburgh. The zoo staged what they called an orangutan beach party with the pool, plastic chairs, and beach towels to promote family week at the complex. Kechong, another 12-year-old male, is at left.

     Check out more animal photos in our latest edition of Animal Tracks.

  • Skydivers plummet after parachutes tangle

    Two skydivers sustained injuries after their parachutes tangled during their descent at the Airpower 2011 airshow in Austria, Friday. Both soldiers were hospitalized. Their condition and the nature of their injuries are not known.

    Mario Kuhnke / EPA

    Two skydivers parachutes tangle during 'Aviation training' at the Airpower 2011 airshow in Zeltweg, Austria on Friday, July 1. Both soldiers were injured in the incident and flown to nearby hospitals.

    Mario Kuhnke / EPA

    Two skydivers parachutes tangle during 'Aviation training' at the Airpower 2011 airshow in Zeltweg, Austria on Friday, July 1. Both soldiers were injured in the incident and flown to nearby hospitals.

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  • Charred landscape left behind from wildfires near Los Alamos

    Jae C. Hong / AP

    A fire truck drives past trees burned during the Las Conchas fire in Los Alamos, N.M., on Thursday, June 30. Firefighters were confident Thursday they had stopped the advance of the wildfire that headed toward the Los Alamos nuclear lab and the nearby town that now sits empty for the second time in 11 years, even as they battled the blaze that crept into a canyon that descends into the town and parts of the lab.

    Jae C. Hong / AP

    A firefighter walks through the area burned by the Las Conchas fire near Los Alamos, N.M., on June 30. With firefighters bracing for another day of strong, erratic winds, the wildfire near the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory and a northern New Mexico community was poised to become the largest forest fire in state history.

     For more images of the fires in the southwest click here.

  • As bomb expert inspects, explosion rips car apart in Thailand

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    A member of a Thai bomb squad inspects a car in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok July 1. A bomb by suspected insurgents wounded a member of a Thai bomb squad in Thailand's deep south on Friday, police said.

    Reuters

    A car bomb explodes as a member of a Thai bomb squad was inspecting it in Narathiwat province, south of Bangkok on July 1. The bomb squad member was wounded when the device exploded, police said.

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    From the Associated Press:

    Three hidden roadside bombs have killed two people and wounded 13 others in southern Thailand, and police believe Islamist militants are responsible.

    Police Col. Nitinai Langyanay said the first bomb in Narathiwat province killed two irrigation workers Friday and wounded five others, while a second one about 1 kilometer (one-half mile) away wounded a soldier.

    Bomb removal officers then tried to defuse a third bomb only three meters (yards) away from the second one but it exploded, wounding seven policemen. It is a standard practice of the insurgents to plant a second bomb to go off when security officials arrive to investigate an explosion.

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  • Marcello Paternostro / AFP - Getty Images

    A picture presented during a press conference by police shows Gaetano Riina, the 79-year-old mafia boss of Corleone - the Sicilian hilltop town made famous by "The Godfather" trilogy - after he was arrested the same day in Mazara del Vallo during a press conference in Palermo, Sicily, on July 1. Gaetano Riina is the brother of former Cosa Nostra kingpin Toto Riina, who is serving multiple life sentences for sanctioning scores of killings.

    Italian police arrest head of Corleone clan

    The AP reports from Rome, Italy:

    Italian police have arrested the brother of the Sicilian Mafia's one-time top boss in another blow to Cosa Nostra on the island.

    Carabinieri police said in a statement Friday that Gaetano Riina was one of four people arrested on mafia association and extortion charges.

    Riina took over as head of the Corleone clan following the 1993 arrest of his brother, "boss of bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina.

    In recent years, several top Mafia bosses have been arrested, seriously weakening the Sicilian mob while other crime syndicates on the Italian mainland have grown stronger, including the Camorra in the Naples area and the 'ndrangheta in southern Calabria.

    Police said the three-year investigation showed how powerful Corleone remained, despite the arrest of top bosses.

  • AFP - Getty Images

    President Bashar al-Assad (center-right) and First Lady Asma al-Assad (center-left) arrive at Al-Jalaa Stadium in Damascus, Syria on June 30 to meet with regime supporters who had made a very large Syrian flag as a deadly crackdown continued on democracy protests across the country. The photo was made available on July 1.

    Syria's Assad greets supporters

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  • China's Communist Party: adaptation, survival

    The Chinese Communist Party celebrates the 90th anniversary of its founding today. Over the last couple of weeks we have seen literally hundreds of photos of the preparations, and I've kept hold of a few that have caught my eye.

    As President Hu Jintao said today, the party has adapted and survived. A telling detail in the caption of the final picture illustrates his point: In 21st century Shanghai, where would you hold a re-enactment of the first ever meeting of the Party? At the Mercedes-Benz Arena, of course.

    David Gray / Reuters

    Workers use electric irons to smooth out a Chinese flag on a table at the Beijing Jingong Red Flag factory on the outskirts of Beijing on June 28. The factory has made more than 30,000 Chinese national flags over the last three months to mark the 90th anniversary of China's Communist Party on July 1.

    Carlos Barria / Reuters

    Wang Pengkai, an actor playing the part of Chairman Mao Zedong, poses for a portrait during the filming of a television drama on the founding of China's Communist Party in Weihai, Shandong province, on June 13.

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    Dancers perform during a gala show to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 28.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    A schoolgirl participant, dressed as a Chinese Red Army soldier, walks through a red curtain during a revolutionary song singing competition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, in Chongqing on June 30.

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Performers dressed in Red Army uniforms are seen through a red flag as they wait to perform at a singing event ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, in Chongqing on June 28.

    David Gray / Reuters

    A Chinese national flag can be seen hanging down a deserted hutong near Beijing's Tiananmen Square on July 1. Many such alleys found in Beijing are lined with both national and communist party flags to mark the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party.

    Carlos Barria / Reuters

    An actor playing Chairman Mao Zedong, center, recreates the first meeting of the Chinese Communist Party during an event to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the party, at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai on June 30.

    The AP reports from BEIJING:

    Chinese President Hu Jintao celebrated the Communist Party on its 90th anniversary Friday for its ability to adapt and survive and said it must use that skill to fight corruption and ease social conflict if it is to stay in power.

    The nationally televised speech capped a patriotic campaign of films, TV programs and nostalgic "red" song sing-alongs aimed at solidifying the notion that the communist government has propelled China to greatness. Continue reading.

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  • Cubadebate / Estudios Revolucion via AP

    In this photo released by the state-controlled Cubadebate website, Fidel Castro, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez look at the June 28 edition of the Granma state newspaper in an unknown location in Havana. Chavez underwent surgery in Cuba on June 10.

    Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro check the sports scores

    If you're an ailing leader and you need to prove you're still around, the old trick of holding up today's paper is still the most effective technique.

    Read the latest news on Chavez's health in our story: Venezuelans stunned by Chavez cancer revelation.

  • Moroccans vote on King's offer of reform

    Abdelhak Senna / AFP - Getty Images

    A Moroccan woman casts her vote in a polling station on July 1 in Sale, near Rabat, in a referendum on curbing the near absolute powers of King Mohammed VI, who has offered reforms in the wake of protests inspired by pro-democracy uprisings around the Arab world. Faced with demonstrations modelled on the Arab Spring protests, Mohammed VI announced the referendum last month to devolve some of his powers to the prime minister and parliament of the north African country.

    Reuters reports from RABAT:

    Moroccans voted on Friday in a referendum on a revised constitution offered by King Mohammed to placate "Arab Spring" street protesters, with the "yes" camp tipped to win despite boycott calls by opponents.

    The new charter explicitly grants the government executive powers, but retains the king at the helm of the army, religious authorities and the judiciary and still allows him to dissolve parliament, though not unilaterally as is the case now.

    That falls far short of the demands of the "February 20" protest movement, which wants a parliamentary monarchy where the king's powers would be kept in check by elected lawmakers. Continue reading.

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