Wozniacki can retain her top ranking if she reaches the last four in Melbourne.
Chinese state television is showing five hours a day (its top ranking in the medals table may help).
In refusing Netanyahu's request for a meeting, Blair may have lost his chance to meet with any top ranking Israeli leader.
Hong Kong retained its top ranking for the 18th consecutive year, but Mr Feulner said that Singapore "was narrowing the gap".
Williams, who will reclaim the top ranking on Monday, has not played for the USA in the Fed Cup since 2007.
"It's always tough against her, " said Sharapova, who will reclaim the top ranking if she can win her 50th career WTA final.
However, four bogeys in his next seven holes put paid to his top ranking aspirations before a consolation birdie on the last.
Federer let the match slip with a double-fault and four unforced errors, but played down his disappointment at missing out on the top ranking.
For all of 2012, Samsung sold more than 215 million smartphones for a 30.3% global market share and top ranking, according to IDC Worldwide.
Earlier this week, Ebookers.com, which claims to be Europe's top ranking online travel agency, said it was cutting 10-20% of its staff, and was reviewing costs.
Federer's victory means he is only the second player in the men's game to have held the top ranking over the age of 30, alongside Andre Agassi.
Nadal ended his 2011 season with a 67-15 record, winning one grand slam but losing his top ranking to Djokovic as the 24-year-old triumphed in the other three.
The five-time major winner hasn't won a tournament in nearly a year and could soon lose her top ranking to Choi or Lewis, who moves up to third after this week.
The four women to ascend to No. 1 for the first time in their careers between Sharapova and Azarenka have made the top ranking look like an honor no one should seek.
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Azarenka, who broke down in tears and sobbed into her towel when the match ended, won five of the next six games to claim her second major title and retain the top ranking.
It also opens up the possibility that, should Rafael Nadal win the title, the Swiss will lose the top ranking just a week before equalling Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks in the number one position.
The Swiss is only the second player in the men's game to have held the top ranking over the age of 30, alongside Andre Agassi, who was one of the many leading players to attend Bollettieri's academy in Florida.
Caroline Wozniacki held on to the top ranking for more than a year, but she's now No. 9 and searching for answers with a new coach, former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, who was hired in the past few weeks.
The selection committee had its work cut out after five teams swapped the top ranking in The Associated Press poll, capped by West Coast Conference champion Gonzaga (30-2) moving to the lead spot for the first time in school history.
Looking at longer-term performance, 19.1 percent of large-cap funds with a top-quartile ranking over the five years ending March 2011 maintained a top-quartile ranking over the previous five years.
She is Iran's first top-ranking female university professor and like her husband is a respected painter.
Last year, several of his funds were among the top-ranking ones in the region.
In Oregon, the dubious top hunger ranking has led to a flurry of do-gooding.
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The new film stars Hugh Grant as the coarse-tongued English host of a top-ranking television talent contest.
These constitute the top-ranking ulama, deemed to have the authority to issue opinions on matters facing Islam and Muslims.
Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate's human- rights panel.
In meetings with top-ranking Russians, including President Vladimir Putin, he was more restrained.
Baltacha, 23, has suffered a series of injury and illness problems since losing the top British ranking three years ago.
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