Or world markets, oil futures and Arab and Iranian crowds might go crazy and Russia be presented with a whole new set of openings to win back old friends.
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Oman fell narrowly short of their target by finishing on 265 for nine after being set a total of 274 to win.
Trailing by 206 runs after the first innings, Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle's stand of 123 helped Australia set Pakistan a target of 176 to win.
Set a target of 259 to win the South Africans were bowled out for 138 with the spinners Dean Cosker and Robert Croft the heroes.
But the youngster showed great nerve to tie the set before playing a superb final shot at the end of the second set to seal a stunning win.
Petrova needed lengthy treatment after the opener and Williams looked set for a comfortable win, but a series of lapses allowed her opponent to level at a set all.
They were set the impossible target of 626 to win in two sessions after Surrey earlier declared for 492, Hollioake hitting a career-high 208.
As the reality of Hamas' win set in, American and Israeli leaders -- including hardliner Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for Israeli prime minister -- began sharing their concerns.
Murray was listless, partly the result of his five-set win on Monday and partly drained by the pressure from Nadal, and he was broken again as Nadal wrapped up the second set in 33 minutes.
When Woods carded 65 to lead on the opening day, he looked set to score the second win of his comeback after claiming the Bay Hill title as O'Hair slipped up on the final day.
Retired from his post, but by no means from public life, General Oviedo set out to win the candidacy of Paraguay's (and Mr Wasmosy's) over-mighty Colorado Party for the 1998 presidential election, mainly by impugning Mr Wasmosy's honesty and competence.
He told reporters that there isn't a set number of delegates that he needs to win tomorrow.
Do whatever works for you to stage your field of vision and set yourself up to win.
He was set to win in the northern region of Lombardy, as well as the central region of Campania and Sicily.
Mr Valls has become more popular among the French at large, but at the primary he looks set to win little more than 5% of the vote.
Gidley then bagged his second try of the night, set up by Flannery's burst out of defence to make sure of the win, and although Leeds claimed the final try of the night through Senior, Saints' victory was more commanding than the scoreline suggested.
The world number one took a 5-0 lead before the 49th-ranked Argentine was able to win his only game of the set.
In two previous meetings with the Cypriot he had failed to win a set, but the last of those encounters came three years ago and Murray has since become a fixture in the world's top four, while Baghdatis slipped out of the top 150 before making his way back up to 30 in the world.
Swiss player Schynder dropped the opening set against Flavia Pennetta of Italy but came back strongly to win 4-6 6-0 6-1.
Robson, a semi-finalist last year, was pushed hard by her American opponent, with a single break of serve proving enough to win the opening set.
Henin won the first set easily but Jankovic took advantage of Henin's fragile serve to level, only for the top seed to win a tense deciding set.
Ospreys star Bryne is set to win his 23rd cap when Wales begin the defence of their championship title against Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Sorenstam has eight LPGA Tour titles this year, meaning she would have to win each of the remaining six events to set a single-season record.
He closed out the tiebreak and the match as Murray hit long, but admitted after his win that the latter stages of the second set were crucial.
Anstey's TAS Suzuki set a lap record for the class of 116.74mph to win ahead of runner-up Les Shand from Scotland with Ian Lougher of Wales in third.
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But by falling short of an outright win, Mr Perez Molina seems set to face Manuel Baldizon, who garnered some 23%, in a run-off election on 6 November.
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World No.3 Murray looked set to wrap up an easy win over Wawrinka, one of his victims as he won Olympic gold in London, when he took the first set with two breaks of service.
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Set 160 to win, the visitors got home for the loss of just three wickets to claim the 20 points.
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