Tendulkar completes 17,000 runs in ODIs

Sachin Tendulkar runs between the wickets as he completes his 17,000 runs during their fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket match against Australia in Hyderabad on November 5, 2009. Tendulkar extended his record one-day aggregate to 17,000 runs on Thursday in his 20th season in international cricket. REUTERS

S Africa cancels deal to buy Airbus planes

The Airbus A400M military aircraft rolls on the tarmac during the official presentation in Seville, Southern Spain. South Africa has cancelled a deal to buy eight Airbus A400M military transport planes due to hefty cost overruns and delivery delays, a govt spokesman said on November 5, 2009. AFP File Photo

Picasso and the Japanese erotic prints

A man looks at the drawing 'El Virgo' by Pablo Picasso, part of the exhibition 'Secret Imagenes - Picasso and the Japanese erotic prints' at the Museo Picasso in Barcelona on November 5, 2009. AFP

Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi

A model presents a creation by Pakistani designers during the Pakistan Fashion Week in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, Nov 4, 2009. The fashion week is delayed due to ongoing militant violence and security fears which kept foreign guests away. AP

GM's shock refusal to sell Opel sparks protest

A 'stop' sign is seen to an Opel logo at the plant of carmaker Opel in Kaiserslautern, western Germany, on November 5, 2009, during a protest one day after General Motors' shock refusal to sell its European unit Opel and plan to cut some 10,000 jobs. GM wants to slash costs by 30 per cent at Opel, which would mean the elimination of about 10,000 jobs from a workforce of around 50,000, GM vice president John Smith told a telephone news conference on November 5. AFP

Renault CEO, French Minister sign agreement

Renault SA Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn (C) and French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi (L) sign an agreement during a visit to the Renault car factory in Flins, near Paris on November 5, 2009. Ghosn said Renault-Nissan will create a joint venture with the FSI investment fund and atomic energy agency CEA to produce Electric Vehicle car batteries and to invest 600 million euros in research and development in Flins. REUTERS

Women's Snowboard Half-Pipe FIS World Cup 2009

Torah Jane Bright of Australia competes during the final of the women's Snowboard Half-Pipe FIS World Cup 2009 event on the Allalin glacier in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov 5, 2009. AP

Garden of Remembrance

Faces on crosses are placed in the Garden of Remembrance to honour Britain's fallen servicemen and women at Westminster Abbey in London, on November 5, 2009. Prince Philip,The Duke of Edinburgh honoured Britain's fallen servicemen and women on Thursday as he opened the Royal British Legion's Field of Remembrance. He paid tribute to the war dead by placing a cross at the site in the grounds of Westminster Abbey in London. AFP

'Fall of the wall' edition Teddy bear

A special 'fall of the wall' edition Teddy bear, holding a piece of the orignal Berlin wall is for sale at Berlin's KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) department store, rebaptised KaDeBe (Kaufhaus der Berliner, meaning Department store of Berliners instead of the usual Department store of the West) for the occasion, on November 5, 2009. Berlin has caught wall fever ahead of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9. AFP

Heavy rains in Chennai

A rider wades through a flooded road on his horse cart after heavy rains in Chennai on November 5, 2009. REUTERS

UK soldiers prepare for Afghan

Members of the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) practice low-visibility 'dust landing' in an ancient sea bed that is now a dry desert in Imperial County during Merlin Helicopter training out of Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro in Exercise MERLIN VORTEX on November 4, 2009 near El Centro, California.(AFP)

TATA motor launched

TATA motor launched a new car Manza at Ahmedabad on Tuesday. October 27, 2009.(BCCL)

Bosnia Fashion Week

A model presents a creation by Pakistani fashion designer Saim Ali, during the Sarajevo Fashion Week in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Bosnia Fashion Week

A model presents a creation by Pakistani fashion designer Saim Ali, during the Sarajevo Fashion Week in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Champions League

Arsenal's Abou Diaby, center, scores past AZ Alkmaar's Niklas Moisander, left, and goalkeeper Sergio Romero during the Champions League Group H soccer match between Arsenal and AZ Alkmaar at the Emirates Stadium in London, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

100 Days to Vancouver Celebration

Ice dancers Melissa Gregory-Petukov and Denis Petukov perform during the 100 Days to Vancouver Celebration on November 4, 2009 at the Rockefeller Center in New York City. (AFP)

2010 Winter Olympics

Torchbearer Erika Tizya-Tramm carries the Olympic flame in Old Crow, Yukon, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics torch relay. The 106-day relay will visit more than a thousand communities in its trip across Canada's provinces and territories by the time it reaches the opening ceremony for the Vancouver Games on Feb. 12, 2010. (AP)

2009 Soul Train Awards

Rocko and Recording Artist Monica attends the 2009 Soul Train Awards at the Georgia World Congress Center on November 3, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. (AFP)

Roger Federer

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns a ball to Italy's Andreas Seppi during their round of sixteen match at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 4, 2009. (AP)

Breeder's Cup 2009

Diamondrella during a morning workout in preparation for the Breeder's Cup 2009 at the Santa Anita Race Track on November 4, 2009 in Arcadia, California. (AFP)