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You know, I’m really starting to like tennis (SUNDAY OPEN THREAD)

Posted by: ST on July 6, 2008 at 4:25 pm » 7 Comments

Really, really: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer – photo courtesy Reuters I mean I have always enjoyed tennis, but like I’ve been digging it alot more so lately BTW, Nadal just won the longest ever Wimbledon men’s final 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, defeating Federer, the reigning Wimbeldon champ and Nadal’s greatest rival.

 

Photo of the day

Posted by: ST on July 6, 2008 at 11:28 am » 6 Comments

Beautiful. Caption: A U.S. soldier kisses a girl at a newly-opened swimming pool in Baghdad’s al-Zahwra park July 5, 2008. Picture taken July 5, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ) Runners up for photo(s) of the day.

 

Encouraging stories on Iraq this morning

Posted by: ST on July 6, 2008 at 11:11 am » Comments Off

And the fact that the ones not done by citizen journalists both come from the British media rather than our own mainstream media right here in the US should surprise no one. —– Headline: Al-Qaeda is driven from Mosul bastion after bloody last stand Subheading: The murder toll is dropping, the insurgents are on the [...]