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US Open champion Graeme McDowell was the hero for the Europeans, holding his nerve to close out a three and one victory over world number 16 Hunter Mahan amid joyous scenes at Celtic Manor.

The victory avenged Europe’s defeat to the Americans at Valhalla two years ago and was witnessed by an estimated 35,000 fans, who turned out in droves to see the first Monday finish in the history of the competition.

In their first announcement of the annual prize season, the Nobel committee hailed the 85-year-old Briton’s work as “a milestone in the development of modern medicine” while the original test tube baby offered her congratulations.

“It’s fantastic news. Me and mum are so glad that one of the pioneers of IVF has been given the recognition he deserves,” said Louise Brown.

Moderate Bakir Izetbegovic was set to secure the main Muslim seat in Bosnia’s tripartite presidency after Sunday’s vote, according to partial results.

The Serbs meanwhile re-elected hardline Bosnian Serb nationalist Nebojsa Radmanovic, who has advocated secession of the Serb-run Republika Srpska.

“It is absolutely indispensable that China show leadership, accompanied by all other countries, to be flexible in order to be able to reach the compromises that are necessary before Cancun,” Christiana Figueres said.

The head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change spoke on the opening day of talks hosted by China that are aimed at paving the way for agreements at a UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, starting on November 29.

“Genzyme’s refusal to take part in constructive discussions has led Sanofi-Aventis to put forward its offer directly to shareholders,” Sanofi said in a statement.

The company said its bid, at 69 dollars per share, would remain open until December 10.

US Open champion Graeme McDowell was the hero for the Europeans, holding his nerve to close out a three and one victory over world number 16 Hunter Mahan amid joyous scenes at Celtic Manor.

The victory avenged Europe’s defeat to the Americans at Valhalla two years ago and was witnessed by an estimated 35,000 fans, who turned out in droves to see the first Monday finish in the history of the competition.

As the focus switched to sport after a nightmarish run-up damaged India’s reputation, the Aussies clinched four gold medals, including the men’s team gymnastics title ahead of England and Canada.

In the pool, they added three more with Kylie Palmer powering her way to victory in the 200m freestyle, Alicia Coutts taking the 200m individual medley crown and their men edging England in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

Television pictures showed towering flames springing from the trucks that were filling up just outside Islamabad en route to Afghanistan early in the morning when gunmen attacked the convoy with molotov cocktails.

It follows a similar incident on Friday in the south, when heavily armed gunmen set ablaze more than two dozen trucks and tankers carrying fuel for the 152,000-strong foreign forces fighting the Taliban-led insurgency.

Giles Deacon skipped the catwalk in favour of a live display, with models sipping champagne around a montage of flower-covered old cars — Beetles and a yellow camper van — with giant butterflies poking out the top.

A whiff of the 1920s filled the vast glass venue, as models showed off black cocktail dresses of see-thru lace embroidery, with dangling crystal earrings and hair in a single rolled plait over the forehead.

Simultaneously, the Justice Department settled with Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, which agreed to allow merchants to offer discounts to consumers who use less expensive types of credit or debit cards.

The lawsuit has the potential to cut into a significant source of profits at American Express and threatens to reshape the competitive landscape of the card processing business.

Angered by repeated attacks by NATO helicopters on militant targets within its borders, Pakistan blocked one of the supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan after a strike killed three Pakistani soldiers in the western Kurram region.

Analysts and Western officials said Pakistan’s closure of the border for a few days would not seriously impact the war effort in Afghanistan, but it would create political tension that Pakistan could exploit.

Sweden’s Karolinska Institute lauded Edwards, 85, for bringing joy and hope to the more than 10 percent of couples worldwide who suffer from infertility.

Known as the father of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Edwards picked up the prize of 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.5 million) for what the institute called a “milestone in the development of modern medicine”

Serra’s underdog candidacy remained alive after Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla handpicked by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to succeed him at the helm of Latin America’s largest economy, fell short of the 50 percent of votes needed for outright victory.

With nearly all the ballots counted, Rousseff had won 46.9 percent to Serra’s 32.6 percent. They will face each other in an October 31 run-off.

Sanofi will eventually have to raise its offer, already rejected by Genzyme a month ago, investors and analysts said after the tender offer was announced on Monday.

Sanofi Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher said he would prefer to hold friendly talks, but was repeatedly rebuffed by Genzyme CEO Henri Termeer over several months of trying to discuss a deal. The all-cash offer expires on December 10.

New estimates at the giant West Qurna and Zubair fields helped push the total figure to 143 billion barrels, but some analysts said they were skeptical about the massive revision and were not expecting OPEC to deal with the Iraqi quota until Baghdad manages to raise production and exports.

“The oil reserve is for 66 discovered oilfields in Iraq, and there are many others that have not been discovered yet,” Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani. “It is expected this figure will be increased when these oilfields are discovered.

Anger over the chaotic build-up spilled over into the ceremony, however, when chief organizer Suresh Kalmadi, widely held responsible for the mess, was booed as he rose to address some 60,000 spectators at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Britain’s Prince Charles opened the Games after delivering a message from his mother Queen Elizabeth, the head of the Commonwealth, but India’s President Pratibha Patel was also given a prominent role in a diplomatic compromise.

“We are extremely disappointed in this year’s results and the failures of the past four seasons,” said chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, the son of owner Fred Wilpon. “We need to hire a new general manager with a fresh perspective who will transform this club into a winner that we want and our fans deserve.”

Manuel is the seventh manager this season to lose his job. The final guaranteed year of Manuel’s contract expired, and the Mets declined to exercise the club’s option on the deal.

A decade ago the question of how many species are out there couldn’t be answered. It also could have led to a lot of arguments among scientists. Some species were counted several or even dozens of times, said Jesse Ausubel of the Alfred Sloan Foundation, the co-founder of the effort that involved 2,700 scientists.

The $650 million project got money and help from more than 600 groups, including various governments, private foundations, corporations, non-profits, universities, and even five high schools. The Sloan foundation is the founding sponsor, contributing $75 million.

But in announcing his candidacy on YouTube and launching a campaign Facebook page, Emanuel signaled he’d also be using a strategy he helped craft to such great effect for his former boss, President Barack Obama, by galvanizing support among young voters through near constant contact via online postings, text messages and e-mails.

With a small army of television news crews in tow, Emanuel engaged commuters at a downtown elevated train station, spoke to diners at a South Side restaurant and shook hands with pedestrians in the bustling Pilsen neighborhood. He leaned in close when voters spoke and appeared to concentrate on what they were telling him.

Raymond Dokpesi is the owner of the Africa Independent Television network, which is one of the largest in Africa’s most populous nation. He also chairs the presidential campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s greatest political threat in the upcoming primary for Nigeria’s ruling party, Ibrahim Babangida.

The allegations against Dokpesi will test whatever political power Jonathan has managed to amass in his five months in office since the death of his predecessor. Dokpesi has previously accused Jonathan’s supporters of being behind threats to kidnap his family, a charge Jonathan’s office denied.

Edwards, an 85-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, started working on IVF as early as the 1950s. He developed the technique – in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized outside her body and then implanted into the womb – together with British gynecologist surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988.

On July 25, 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking procedure, marking a revolution in fertility treatment.

Two officials said the victims were believed to be German citizens in the region for terrorist training. A third said they were believed to be foreigners, but gave no details.

The officials spoke anonymously because their agency does not permit operatives to be named in the media.

In a scene that will repeat itself over the next few months, Kagan left the courtroom while the other justices remained to hear a case in which she will take no part. She has taken herself out of 24 pending cases, including the second of the two argued Monday, because of her work as the Obama administration’s solicitor general prior to joining the court in August.

Opening its new term on the traditional first Monday in October, the court turned down hundreds of appeals, including one from the relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. They are seeking a proper burial for material taken from the World Trade Center site because it could contain the ashes of victims.

Raymond Dokpesi is the owner of the Africa Independent Television network, which is one of the largest in Africa’s most populous nation. He also chairs the presidential campaign for President Goodluck Jonathan’s greatest political threat in the upcoming primary for Nigeria’s ruling party, Ibrahim Babangida.

The allegations against Dokpesi will test whatever political power Jonathan has managed to amass in his five months in office since the death of his predecessor. Dokpesi has previously accused Jonathan’s supporters of being behind threats to kidnap his family, a charge Jonathan’s office denied.

Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, the newly appointed head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said awarding the Nobel to Edwards is “not completely out of place.” But he said it raised a great number of questions, not least because his research didn’t treat the underlying problem of infertility but rather skirted it.

Edwards, an 85-year-old Briton who is professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, won the prestigious award on Monday. The Nobel medicine prize committee said some 4 million people have been born through IVF.

Pakistan’s shutting of a key supply line for coalition troops in Afghanistan and the apparent ease with which militants are attacking the stranded convoys are shaking an already uncomfortable relationship between Washington and Islamabad.

The tension comes just as Washington is stepping up its shadow war on militants harbored in Pakistan’s border regions. CIA missile attacks, which have killed dozens of insurgents including some high-ranking al-Qaida operatives, are running at record levels – a sign of America’s impatience with Pakistan’s inaction in some parts of the frontier.

That’s just a tiny sampling of the data being unveiled Monday in what the researchers say is the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994.

Filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the study offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom, and how they respond. In all, 5,865 people, ranging in age from 14 to 94, participated in the survey.

In a Ryder Cup that came down to the very last match Monday, McDowell rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole, then closed out Hunter Mahan to give Europe the 14 1/2 points it needed to reclaim the precious gold trophy.

It was the first time since 1991 that the Ryder Cup was decided by the final singles match, a thriller made possible by the Americans getting big wins from their best players and a stunning comeback by 21-year-old rookie Rickie Fowler.

What could’ve turned into a real tangle of a postseason picture suddenly became clear Sunday: Manager Bobby Cox and his wild-card Braves will face the Giants, while the San Diego Padres are finished.

“We try hard,” Cox said after beating the Philadelphia Phillies. “This team is the hardest-working, hardest-trying team we’ve ever had here.”

“Make no mistake: When the aftermath of congressional inaction becomes clear, Americans will not tolerate those who stood by and let the calamity happen,” wrote Bruce Josten, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice president in September 2008, who at the time pressed lawmakers before their vote on a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street.

A few months later, Congress faced a similar reckoning – whether to pass an $814 billion economic stimulus package consisting of about one-third tax breaks and two-thirds additional government spending. Again, Josten wrote to lawmakers: “The global economy is in uncharted and dangerous waters and inaction from Washington is not an option.”

Rousseff – popular President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s hand-chosen successor – outpaced rival Jose Serra 46.9 percent to 32.6 percent in Sunday’s vote, but didn’t get the 50 percent she needed to win outright. Analysts were split on whether there was enough campaign time left for the underdog opposition candidate to close the gap.

Much depends on the other female candidate, the Green Party’s Marina Silva, who won a surprising 19.4 percent of the vote. She said her party’s leadership would decide whether to throw their support behind Rousseff or Serra, though she emphasized it was up to individual voters to make their own choices.

The testimony came from Doug Martin, president of Smit Salvage Americas, which was hired to help try to save the Deepwater Horizon after it exploded. He told a federal investigative panel that in the hours after the April 20 disaster, he thought it was important to quickly get the robot into the water so engineers could choke off the oil.

But, Martin said, BP officials discussed calculating how the heat from the fire would impact the boat that was to launch the robot. He said he believed that it was a waste of time and that BP was interfering.

The show, “I Want to Get Married,” makes a simple point, but one that resounded strongly: Women want to be an active part of the process of finding a life partner, not passive objects whose fate is to be decided by their mothers, fathers or suitors.

The message made it a hit among Egyptians – that and the humor it mined from the quirks of Egyptian middle-class matchmaking, where suitors file through the family salons of potential brides to check them out, confident with the expectation that every woman – particularly those above 30 – will be eager to snap them up.

Those days ended abruptly last July after it was disclosed that Hernandez was presiding over a City Council with four of five members who were paying themselves and other leaders exorbitant salaries while one in six residents live in poverty.

Now all that has changed as the ousted city manager, the mayor and the three other council members face criminal charges in a scandal the district attorney called “corruption on steroids.”

Christiana Figueres told 3,000 delegates in China – the last negotiations before Cancun – that countries must identify achievable goals ahead of December’s conference so progress can be made toward a global climate treaty.

“As governments, you can continue to stand still or move forward. Now is the time to make that choice,” she told delegates in the northern port of Tianjin.

The Justice Department unveiled an indictment accusing the owner of Alabama’s largest casino, four state senators and several lobbyists of a scheme to buy and sell votes in the Legislature. One defendant has pleaded guilty to offering a senator $2 million to vote for a bill to keep the bingo machines operating.

Since Republican Gov. Bob Riley began his raids nearly two years ago, the issue has set off angry statehouse rallies and complaints by local officials that casino closures cost poor counties much-needed jobs. Against this backdrop and with the pro-gambling bill on the verge of passage, the Justice Department announced last spring that it was looking into corruption at the statehouse.

Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz said in a statement to the media that he has lost the confidence of the people he represents, “primarily due to personal issues which have now affected my professional career.”

His resignation comes less than three weeks after The Associated Press reported that he sent 30 text messages to a 26-year-old domestic abuse victim while he prosecuted her ex-boyfriend on a strangulation charge. Kratz, 50, called the woman a “hot nymph” and asked if she would enjoy secret contact with a married district attorney.

But bring up the state’s Democratic congressman – a man Grotte voted for in 2008 and in seven elections before that – and the smile disappears.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ve thought about buying a billboard on the freeway between Fargo and Grand Forks with a big picture of Earl Pomeroy and Nancy Pelosi arm in arm,” Grotte said, sitting in the kitchen of his farmhouse near Hope, a town of 300 about 70 miles northwest of Fargo. “Earl seemed like a nice fella, but I think Harry Reid and Pelosi got leverage on him some way.”

To do so they are proposing to bypass the Endangered Species Act and lift protections, first enacted in 1974, for today’s booming wolf population.

Critics say the move would undercut one of the nation’s premiere environmental laws and allow for the unchecked killing of wolves across the West.

Chef Joseph Cerniglia, a contestant on the reality cooking show “Kitchen Nightmares,” also jumped from the iconic bridge in the past two weeks. His restaurant was mired in debt, though beginning to make a comeback.

In March, Yale University student Cameron Dabaghi jumped from the Empire State Building’s 86th-floor observation deck. He had written a note beforehand saying he was sorry and would be jumping from either the George Washington Bridge or the totemic skyscraper.

He’s a senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory by day, attempting to determine whether Saturn’s giant moon Titan is volcanically active. When he’s not exploring the cosmos, he’s leading a legal fight to prevent his employer from asking private details about his life.

“It’s almost like having a second job,” Nelson said. “It takes you away from something you’d rather be doing.”