Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (center) leaves his official residence in Tokyo on Wednesday after announcing to the media that he is resigning.
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Former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich, left, calls out U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and defends his wife during a Chicago news conference with his legal team in April. Standing with Blagojevich is attorney Sam Adam.
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Tiny metal electrodes are attached to Albert Einstein's head to pick up impulses from his brain and to magnify and record them for study in 1950 in Princeton, N.J. Dr. Alejandro Arellano kneels beside him.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, seen here in August 2009, remains confident his alliance will retain the premiership despite finishing second in the election.
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Big-Ticket Items: The new Cape Town Stadium (above, during a light test last fall) was finished at the end of 2009; King Shaka International Airport (below), which cost an estimated $1 billion, opened in May. South Africa is also completing a high-speed-train line for the World Cup.
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