If ever there was an event that deserved to be the first Asian tournament to impact the top of the world rankings this is the one.
Luke Donald, who can return to the top of the world rankings if he wins this weekend, is well placed to make a move on Saturday.
Matthew's victory will return him to the top of the world rankings above Egypt's Ramy Ashour, who made a second-round exit in Al Khobar with a damaged hamstring.
Of over 2, 200 climbers who have made it to the top of the world's tallest peak since it was first conquered, only 19 have done so via this route.
Federer's latest victory ensured his return to the top of the world rankings, ending Djokovic's 12-month reign, as well as matching Sampras' record of 286 weeks at No. 1.
In the women's draw, Li Na ensured she will return to the top 10 of the world rankings by coming back from 5-1 down in the final set to beat Lucie Safarova 3-6 6-3 7-5.
Ferrero, who climbed to the top of the world rankings in 2003 after winning his only Grand Slam, the French Open, will be seeking to emulate his effort of making the quarter-final stage two years ago.
Sherchan climbed the 29, 028 feet (8, 848-meter) Everest at the age of 76 in 2008 but when the 2009 Guinness Book of World Records came out, Japanese national Yuichiro Miura was recorded as the oldest person to reach the top of the world aged a sprightly 75.
One reason to be optimistic is that many of these reforms have strong support from the generation of leaders now rising to the top of the corporate world, who are often deeply unhappy with the practices and norms bequeathed by their elders other than Sir Richard, of course.
Iran and Turkey understand that attacking the Jewish state is the fastest route to the top of the Muslim world.
The result was enough to send Australia back to the top of the ODI world rankings in place of South Africa.
Last May, at the age of 65, he climbed to the top of Everest, the world's highest peak, to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Westwood is not the only player in the running to overtake Woods at the top of the world rankings as Germany's Martin Kaymer could also move ahead of the American.
But the drive which saw her rise to the top and made her one of the world's most bankable stars has not disappeared.
New York (CNN) -- Construction crews at the 16-acre World Trade Center site will raise the final two sections of a 408-foot spire to the top of One World Trade Center on Monday morning, making the building the tallest in the Western Hemisphere, according to the site's management.
"We presented our case as well as we possibly could and the fact that we are in there trying to get one of the top players in the world shows where we want to go, " he said.
England will truly find out on Saturday whether they have what it takes to get back to the top of world rugby - they have a hard job on their hands.
On Monday, the two were jointly honored as the nation's most outstanding chefs by the James Beard Foundation, an exclamation point on circuitous careers that began in other fields Chang in finance and Kahan in computer science but saw them quickly ascend to the top of the restaurant world.
Westwood, needing to finish in the first two to dethrone Tiger Woods at the top of the world rankings, was 10 shots back after the second day.
Lorusso demurs from dropping specific names, but the hotel continues to attract many of the world's top acts when they play the House of Blues (directly across the street), the Key Club, the Hollywood Bowl and other major LA venues.
South Africa, battling to take of the top spot in the world rankings from England were 75 without loss by the close of the fourth day.
What confirmed this was when I had the chance to learn from one of the top Generals in the world: Four Star General Martin Dempsey, appointed by President Obama to be the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the head of the U.S. military under the President.
We'll also need to be producing the kind of top-quality research and scientists that the world's top companies want to work with, so we could pay for the world's best network of scientific facilities and academics to be built here.
The question always at the top of our mind is how to help deliver the rest of the world to the base of the socioeconomic pyramid, and the base of the socioeconomic pyramid to the rest of the world.
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"We are not in a hurry to sell him certainly, but when a lad has the ability to play for one of the six top clubs in the world we would never stand in his way, " he said.
Although that is 1% fewer than during the same period in 2011, it is probably still enough to keep Honduras at the top of the world's murder table for another year.
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People now have more money to spend, and some of them go to the new Shangri-La-run hotel at the top of the China World Tower, Beijing's tallest building.
The stately building is home to one of the world's top collections of Chinese art, including most of the imperial treasures once housed in Beijing's Forbidden City.
The Spaniard claimed his eighth straight title at the tournament, ending a run of seven defeats in finals to the man who replaced him at the top of the world rankings, including January's record-breaking six-hour epic at the Australian Open.
Clarke climbed to the top of the European Order of Merit but remained outside the top 10 in the new world rankings published on Monday.
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