Thousands of competitors descended on Liverpool to battle it out in scorching temperatures in the city's triathlon.
The super committee will not be willing to battle it out with the voters, nor with the military contractors.
The decision leaves 11 couples to battle it out next week in a bid to be crowned the show's winner.
Chat show rivals Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton are to battle it out at the National TV Awards in January.
Eleven celebrities entered the house and five are left to battle it out to win the series, which ends on Friday.
Australia, courtesy of Naomi Young, and England's Gayle Adamson and Katie Hooper are expected to battle it out for silver this time around.
Rosberg was third ahead of Hamilton as McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes look set to battle it out for the podium places again.
But when leading pair Kings Mistral and Akarus fell independently at the fourth-last it was left to Sir Rembrandt and Bindaree to battle it out.
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Winning upset the established order of Erik Zabel, Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady, who had been tipped to battle it out for the points prize.
However, although Kewell will be a hot favourite for the young player award, Manchester United skipper Roy Keane and Sunderland sharp-shooter Kevin Phillips seem set to battle it out for the senior award which was won last year by David Ginola.
Besides creating a more attractive destination for businesses and tourists, the citywide network may also help convince U.S. Olympic Committee officials to choose Philadelphia as the country's representative to battle it out with other international cities seeking to host the 2016 Games.
"For me it's been an excellent game of cricket over three days and been an excellent cricket wicket and the very fact a young side were able to battle it out on the final day shows that it's been a good batting wicket throughout, " added Smith.
This week Inhabitat shined a light on the future of high-tech architecture as we brought you 20 stunning sun-powered homes that are getting ready to battle it out in this year's Solar Decathlon - including Team New York's prefab Roof Pod, Canada's TRTL solar shell house, and China's Y Container home.
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According to IDC, BlackBerry 10 is set to battle it out with Windows Phone 8 for the No. 3 smartphone operating system worldwide in 2013, behind Android and Apple's iOS. While its grip has slipped in North America, BlackBerry has maintained a strong presence in such far-flung places as Indonesia, Nigeria, South Africa, Mexico and some South American countries.
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The debate will be painful, as neoconservatives, paleo-conservatives, progressive conservatives, moderates and libertarians battle it out to chart the course for a new and more vibrant party.
Banks and custodians will battle it out to provide a variety of collateral-related services in future, with third-party vendors and even CCPs themselves also vying for business.
It is the very nature of the battle in Afghanistan - to push the Taliban out, take land and hold it - which means helicopters could never be the one-and-only solution.
It turns out that it would take more than money to build a fully operational battle station.
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It will battle it out with four other titles to be named outstanding British film at the awards ceremony on 10 February.
Even if they win their last game at Bridgend Vale will have to await the results of other games as they battle it out with Pontypridd for the final place in Europe.
Giving the public a chance to watch many of the best golfers in history battle it out over Harbor Shores, an acclaimed new design on the shores of Lake Michigan by the best living golfer of all, Jack Nicklaus, could be just the shot in the arm the game needs.
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Then players can duel it out online at Battle.net to amass more cards for their virtual collection.
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Wouldn't it make more sense to farm this out to organized crime or battle-tested mercenaries?
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We came through a relegation battle last year and we got out of it with one match to spare.
It can be downright infuriating to have mana run out mid-battle and realize your efforts to this point have been useless.
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According to the announcement, Blizzard gamers and eSports fans from around the world will be invited to attend and witness some of the most skilled pro players on the planet battle it out for cash and glory.
In the aftermath of the Battle of Seattle, no single objection to the WTO may stand out any better than it has before.
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Massa and Alonso were comfortably quicker than their team-mates in qualifying, but it would be a mistake to rule out either Raikkonen or Hamilton in the battle for victory.
"I know that when the lights turn on the big league excitement I'll have to battle that same thing and the ball will be coming out probably a little hotter, so it was a good practice really, " he said.
It gives players union head DeMaurice Smith the opportunity to now call out over the battle lines to the owners and the league and discuss ending this dispute from a position of strength, even if he now gives in to some of the concessions that ownership wants.
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