Fellow Kenyan Martin Lel outsprinted fellow former London champion Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia for second place to seal his place for the Olympic marathon which will take place over many of the same roads in the capital in August.

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Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon is to seal its place in history at the US Library of Congress as part of its National Recording Registry.

BBC: Pink Floyd album to be preserved by US Library

The point captured in searing temperatures in Riyadh, saw the Koreans edge into second place in Asian qualifying Group 2 to finish ahead of Saudi Arabia on goal difference and seal their place in the finals.

CNN: North Korea qualifies for 2010 World Cup

In all three spots, you could drill straight through and come up in a place where you might bump into the occasional seal and, in one place if you arrive at the right time of year, a scientist or two.

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Cope edged that one 63-48 and Burnett was far from fluent himself, but took full advantage of Cope's struggles to seal his place in the Sunday's final.

BBC: Carter to take on Burnett in Shanghai Masters final

The Blues have lost just twice in 13 games and could seal a place in the new Magners League end-of-season play-offs should they beat defending league champions Munster at the Arms Park next Sunday and deny them a bonus point.

BBC: Cardiff Blues bid for Welsh European history

In the women's draw, Li Na beat defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4 6-2 to secure reach the semifinals and seal her place in the season-ending WTA Championships in Istanbul.

CNN: Murray and Djokovic reach semifinals in Beijing and Tokyo

Hesjedal had trailed Rodriguez by 31 seconds ahead of the 28.2 km individual test and sixth place behind stage winner Marco Pinotti was enough to seal his narrow win.

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The raid last week by an elite U.S. Navy SEAL team was a planned operation that took place miles inside Pakistan and led to the deaths of at least nine and as many as 20 individuals some of them civilians.

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