News Today, Oct. 3, 2009 (1)

A cheerful crowd roars of joy in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as it is officially announced that their hometown will stage the 2016 Olympic Games, October 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro's dream of bringing the Olympics to South America for the first time became reality here on Friday when they won the vote to host the 2016 edition. The Brazilian city saw off Madrid - by 66 votes to 32 - in the final round of voting after odds-on favourites Chicago, backed by a personal visit from President Barack Obama, had gone out in a first round sensation.



MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 02: Joop Van Den Ende (L) attends La Bella E La Bestia Red Carpet held at Teatro Nazionale on October 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy.



MILAN, ITALY - OCTOBER 02: Federica Moro attends La Bella E La Bestia Red Carpet held at Teatro Nazionale on October 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy.



BC Lions Trestin George (L) takes down Saskatchewan Roughriders' Weston Dressler during first half CFL play in Vancouver, British Columbia October 2, 2009



Japanese supporters of 2016 Tokyo bids team react after learning Tokyo lost the host city bid of 2016 Olympics early Saturday morning at a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 3, 2009.



Sprinter Usain Bolt (C) speaks with fans at the Jamaica's Berlin Salute in Kingston October 2, 2009. The Berlin Salute is to honour Jamaican athletes at the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.



LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Audley Harrison (White Trunks) battles with Danny Hughes during their Semi Final bout of The Prizefighter Series, The Heavyweights III at the Exel on October 2, 2009 in London, England.



LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 02: Audley Harrison (White Trunks) knocks out Coleman Barrett during their Final bout of The Prizefighter Series, The Heavyweights III at the Exel on October 2, 2009 in London, England.



STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - OCTOBER 02: Jonathan Ericsson #52 of Detroit Red Wings battles for the puck with Brad Boyes #22 of St. Louis Blues during the 2009 Compuware NHL Premiere Stockholm match between Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues at the Ericsson Globe on October 2, 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.



Colorado Rockies Clint Barmes (L) is tagged out by Los Angeles Dodgers Russell Martin as he slides in to home plate in an attempt to score during the fourth inning of their MLB National League baseball game in Los Angeles October 2, 2009.



STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - OCTOBER 02: Jonathan Ericsson of Detroit Red Wings leaves the bench during the 2009 Compuware NHL Premiere Stockholm match between Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues at the Ericsson Globe on October 2, 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.



Brawn GP Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain wears his gloves ahead of a free practice session for the Japanese F1 Grand Prix in Suzuka, central Japan, October 3, 2009.



McLaren Formula One drivers Lewis Hamilton of Britain (R) and Heikki Kovalainen of Finland walk out of their pit after a free practice session for the Japanese F1 Grand Prix in Suzuka, central Japan, October 3, 2009.



Residents wait as an excavator works to recover bodies at a market that was destroyed by a strong earthquake in downtown Padang, in Indonesia's west Sumatra province, October 3, 2009. The United Nations said more than 1,000 had been killed in and around Padang, a port city of 900,000 that sits atop one of the world's most active seismic fault lines along the Pacific "Ring of Fire". Thousands more were feared to be still trapped.



People react at the announcement that Chicago was the first city eliminated during a live viewing of Chicago 2016 Olympic bid at Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois on October 2, 2009. Odds-on favorite Chicago went out in the first round of voting to host the 2016 Olympics, a stunning setback for a city which had been backed by US President Barack Obama. The 2016 Olympics will be played in Rio de Janeiro.



United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie plays with Iraqi refugee children living in Jaramana, a suburb in southern Damascus October 2, 2009.






US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama make their way from Marine One October 2, 2009 upon return to the White House in Washington, DC. Obama returned to Washington after a brief visit to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago�s bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Chicago lost to Rio de Janeiro.



South Korean peacekeeping troops with the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) assist a disabled Lebanese girl after giving her new crutches at their base in the southern Lebanese village of Teir Debba on October 2, 2009. South Korean troops with UNIFIL launched the 'Angel Gabriel' project to provide disabled children in southern Lebanon with wheelchairs and other medical equipments.



U.N. caravans headed by U.N. special envoy to Haiti and Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is seen leaving the new port near the zone of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince October 2, 2009. A conference headed by Clinton lured several hundred potential investors this week to the poor Caribbean nation of Haiti, where decades of political upheaval seem to be giving way to a semblance of stability and a new push to ease economic woes.



A television displays the latest Olympic bid news as reporters aboard Air Force One speak with White House spokesman Robert Gibbs on their way back from Copenhagen after it was announced that Chicago failed in it's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, October 2, 2009.

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