Miss Peru crowned Miss World 2004
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Maria Julia (L) from Peru is crowned Miss World 2004 at the final of the 54th Miss World Competition held in Sanya, Chinaâs southernmost Province of Hainan Dec. 4, 2004.
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CHURIN, Peru - Peru's celebration of the guinea pig included contests for the biggest, the best-dressed - and the tastiest.
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Jessica Rostedt, right, of the US fights for the ball with Zurine Gil Garacia of Spain during the first half of their U-19 Women&#39;s World Cup Championship match at Surakul Stadium in Phuket, southern Thailand, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004.
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Hamid Karzai was finally declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election today, at the same time as the militants threatening to kill three UN hostages who were in the country to oversee the election pushed back their deadline by 12
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Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai has been voted as the sexiest actress in India by the 2004 Durex Global Sex Survey.
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EL ALTO, Bolivia  - Damiana Katari, who knits clothes for a living and wears long black braids, a bowler hat and layers of colored skirts, proudly voted to elect fellow Aymara Indian Evo Morales to the presidency of Bolivia.
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SANYA (China): The Miss World contest will be held on the tropical Chinese island of Hainan for a third consecutive year in 2005, organisers announced Friday.
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HASSELT, Belgium : Russian top seed Elena Dementieva won her first title of 2004 with a 0-6, 6-0, 6-4 victory against compatriot Elena Bovina in the final of the 170,000-dollar tournament.
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AUSTRALIAN Sarah Davies has missed out on being crowned Miss World 2004 at the finals of the beauty pageant in China.
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NEW DELHI (CP) - Kenya&#39;s Paul Kirui capped an impressive year by winning the men&#39;s world half-marathon title Sunday, while China&#39;s Sun Ying Jie claimed the women&#39;s race.
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Russian top seed Elena Dementieva won her first title of 2004 on Sunday with a 0-6, 6-0, 6-4 victory against compatriot Elena Bovina in the final of the $170,000 tournament.
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Zakim Shah, chairman of Afghanistan&#39;s Joint Electoral Management Body, announces the winner of the country&#39;s first-ever presidential election in Kabul Nov. 3, 2004.
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LIMA, Peru - On a red-carpeted catwalk, an international line of elegantly dressed beauty contestants - all doing time for drug running - strutted into the night before an audience of Peruvian dignitaries.    Lee Hefegtz, a 20-year-old blonde Israeli awaiting sentence on drug trafficking charges, was the winner of this year's 10th annual beauty contest Tuesday night at Santa Monica Women's Prison in Lima's Chorrillos district...
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Latin America's top human rights court upholds the conviction of US citizen Lori Berenson in Peru.
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Priscilla Meirelles, a medical student from Brazil, was named Miss Earth 2004 Sunday. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo). Winners of the Miss Earth beauty pageant, Miss Fire Yanina Gonzalez of Paraguay, Miss Earth Priscilla
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Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, has been named as Miss World 2004, at the beauty pageant held in China. Miss Mantilla Garcia, 20, beat 14 other finalists which included 22-year-old Brisbane resident Sarah Davies.
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Oct. 8, 2004 - Today Wangari Maathai was named the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.