Slideshow: A different world view
2012-03-16 21:33:26
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BEIJING -- U.S. athletes from top left, counterclockwise, David Neville, Lashawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, and Jeremy Wariner wave flags after winning gold in the men's 4x400m relay final. -
BEIJING -- Cuba's former Olympic taekwondo champion Angel Valodia Matos was expelled from major international competitions for kicking the referee in the head when he was disqualified in the match. -
BEIJING -- Kobe Bryant of the United States drives past Juan Carlos Navarro of Spain. The United States won the gold medal game. -
BEIJING -- Spain's Alex Mumbru battle for a ball under Kobe Bryant in the men''s gold medal basketball game. The United States won gold reclaiming their status after loosing it in the 2004 games. -
BEIJING -- China's Liang Huo competes in the diving men's 10m platform final event. -
BEIJING -- Montenegro's Boris Zlokovic grabs hold of the ties to the cap of Serbia's Nikola Radjen. -
BEIJING -- Gold medalist Ma Lin of China celebrates after winning the men's table tennis singles against a teammate. -
BEIJING -- A worker naps in the Bird's Nest the day after the closing ceremony. -
DENVER -- Sasha Obama looks up at her mother Michelle onstage prior to the Democratic National Convention opening. -
TIJUANA -- A youth stands next to a gate at the border awaiting his deportation to Tijuana, Mexico. More than 700 Mexicans are expelled from the U.S. through this gate daily.
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A gallery of newswire photographs from around the globe.
Photos selected and edited by Jim Mendenhall.
Click on first photo link (upper left) to launch slideshow.
First Published August 26, 2008 1:08 pm
