Egyptian FM, OIC secretary general speak in press conference after the OIC summit in Cairo
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (L) and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu attend a press conference after the closing of the 12th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Cairo, capital of Egypt, on Feb. 7, 2013. The two-day meeting closed Thursday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Muzi>
Sochi Olympics countdown clock installed outside Kremlin in Moscow
A countdown clock for the 2014 Sochi Olympics is installed outside the Kremlin in Manezh Square, with Kremlin’s Spassky Tower at right in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mikhail Metzel>
Exile Tibetan monks attend a candlelit vigil to enhance solidarity with those in home country
Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks walk past a banner of photos of Tibetan protesters as they participate in a candlelit vigil organized by the Tibetan parliament-in-exile in Dharmsala, India, to show solidarity with Tibetans inside Tibet, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Ashwini Bhatia>
Millions of Hindu pilgrims attend Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India
A young Naga sadhu or naked Hindu holy man sits with others during an evening prayer at their camp at Sangam, the confluence of the Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati , for Maha Kumbh, festival, in Allahabad, India , Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are attending the Maha Kumbh festival, which […]
Ahmadinejad visits Egypt amid warming relationship between the two nations
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media as he arrives at a press conference at the end of a two-day summit, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The summit witnessed the first visit of an Iranian president to Egypt in more than three years, as Egypt’s Islamist government aimed for warmer relations with […]
Putin speaks with British head of World Curling Federation in Sochi
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks to World Curling Federation President Kate Caithness from Scotland, while visiting a curling center in a coastal cluster in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service>
Nothing accomplished but to have elected a new president
The title is “The governments’ accomplishments” and it shows a parrot saying the exact same thing which is the only accomplishent that was ever done through the past months which is “we have a new elected president” over and over again.
Egyptian PM put under criticism over his remarks about women in poor villages
In this Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012 file photo, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil talks during a press conference at his office in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt’s prime minister caused an uproar after blaming health problems for babies in poor villages on women who nurse them without cleaning their breasts. Critics say the remarks show Hesham Kandil […]
Pakistani people protest against recent U.S. drone attack that killed five people
Pakistani people from tribal areas shout slogans as they march during a rally in Peshawar to protest U.S. drone attack, on Feb. 7, 2013. At least five people were killed and many others injured on Wednesday afternoon as U.S. drone attacked in Pakistan’s north-western tribal region of North Waziristan. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ahmad Sidique>
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