India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) shakes hands with India's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani as Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi (C) watches during the oath-taking ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 22, 2009. Singh was sworn-in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of old-guard ministers at a time of economic downturn and fraught ties with Pakistan. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) shakes hands with India's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani as Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi (C) watches during the oath-taking ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 22, 2009. Singh was sworn-in on Friday for a second five-year term with a host of old-guard ministers at a time of economic downturn and fraught ties with Pakistan.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. .
  2. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, checks the time as Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, and Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  3. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, right, listen as Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed, unseen, speaks at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  4. U.N. Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, back to camera, talks to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, left, and Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, second from left, look on at an international conference on technology and climate change in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Singh said the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development to achieve a new climate change agreement.
  5. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives for a press conference in Mumbai on October 11, 2009. India hinted that a suicide attack on its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul last week was staged by Pakistani militants who oppose its support of President Hamid Karzai's government. Singh, campaigning in Mumbai ahead of local elections, told reporters October 11 that 'Pakistan should realise the great harm that patronisation of terrorist groups has done to South Asia.'
  6. India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greets the members of the media at the end of his news conference in Srinagar October 29, 2009. Singh reached out to Kashmiri separatists on Wednesday, offering to resume peace talks to end a decades-old insurgency in the Himalayan region. Singh addressed a news conference on Thursday at the end of his two-day official visit to the troubled Kashmir region.
  7. (From R - L) Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dixit wave flags during the flag-off ceremony of the Red-Ribbon Express train to mark the World AIDS Day in New Delhi December 1, 2009. The train will travel across the country that will halt in 152 stations to spread awareness on AIDS.
  8. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pose before a portrait of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, top center, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, which coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  9. Leader of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani, left, speaks to Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, center, as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on, on the first day of the winter session of the Indian Parliament, that coincided with the birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
  10. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  11. India's ruling Congress party President Sonia Gandhi, center, offers floral tributes at the memorial of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her birth anniversary in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime minister, was shot to death in 1984 by her own bodyguards. Seen to her left is Sonia's son and Indira's grandson Rahul Gandhi.
  12. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets Indian government coalition chairman Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on November 17, 2009. Harper on November 16 began a two-day visit to India, calling for stronger and improved ties with his nation, particularly on trade.
  13. Indian cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu (C) gestures while surrounded by supporters upon his return to his constituency in Amritsar on October 3, 2009. Sidhu has remained absent from his constituency for the past three months following differences with BJP high command over the appointment of Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhinna as Chairman of Amritsar Improvement Trust, who Sidhu alleges worked against him during the recent parliamentary election.
  14. Indian cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu (C) gestures to supporters upon his return to his constituency in Amritsar on October 3, 2009. Sidhu has remained absent from his constituency for the past three months following differences with BJP high command over the appointment of Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhinna as Chairman of Amritsar Improvement Trust, who Sidhu alleges worked against him during the recent parliamentary election.
  15. Indian cricketer-turned-politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Navjot Singh Sidhu (C) is surrounded by supporters upon his return to his constituency in Amritsar on October 3, 2009. Sidhu has remained absent from his constituency for the past three months following differences with BJP high command over the appointment of Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhinna as Chairman of Amritsar Improvement Trust, who Sidhu alleges worked against him during the recent parliamentary election.
  16. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate outside the party's Gujarat state headquarters in Ahmedabad on September 14, 2009. The BJP won five out of the seven State Assembly seats up for grabs in by-polls held on September 10, 2009.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Chilean right-wing opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera (C) waves to the crowd during a campaign visit to Recoleta neighborhood December 2, 2009. Chileans go to the polls in the first round of presidential elections on December 13.
  2. Hertha BSC goalkeepers Jaroslav Drobny (L) and Christopher Gang attend a training session in Riga December 2, 2009. Hertha BSC will face FK Ventspils during their Europa League Group D match on Thursday.
  3. Prominent Western Sahara independence campaigner Aminatou Haidar looks on during her hunger strike at Guacimeta airport in Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands December 2, 2009. Haidar, from the disputed territory of Western Sahara, has been on a hunger strike since November 15 after she had her passport taken away and was expelled by Moroccan authorities from her native land and was forced onto a plane which took her to Lanzarote in Spain's Canary Islands. Haidar has turned down an offer from Spain for Spanish nationality and insists Morocco must return her original passport.
  4. British actor Ben Kingsley and his wife Daniela pose for a picture during their visit at the historic Taj Mahal in the northern Indian city of Agra December 2, 2009.
  5. ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 02: In this handout photo provided by The Florida Highway Patrol, the vehicle driven by Tiger Woods during his accident is seen on December 2, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Woods crashed the SUV into the fire hydrant and tree next to his Florida home in the early hours of November 27. FHP charged Woods with careless driving which carries a $164 fine and four points on his driving record. Woods released a statement on his website saying, 'I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.'
  6. ORLANDO, FL - DECEMBER 02: In this handout photo provided by The Florida Highway Patrol, a piece of the vehicle driven by Tiger Woods during his accident is seen on December 2, 2009 in Orlando, Florida. Woods crashed the SUV into the fire hydrant and tree next to his Florida home in the early hours of November 27. FHP charged Woods with careless driving which carries a $164 fine and four points on his driving record. Woods released a statement on his website saying, 'I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart.'
  7. MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends the IV National Conference On Italy - Latin America And The Caraibean on December 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The theme of the conference is 'A new season of cooperation between Italy, Latin America and the Caribbean'.
  8. MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends the IV National Conference On Italy - Latin America And The Caraibean on December 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The theme of the conference is 'A new season of cooperation between Italy, Latin America and the Caribbean'.
  9. MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends the IV National Conference On Italy - Latin America And The Caraibean on December 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The theme of the conference is 'A new season of cooperation between Italy, Latin America and the Caribbean'.
  10. MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attends the IV National Conference On Italy - Latin America And The Caraibean on December 2, 2009 in Milan, Italy. The theme of the conference is 'A new season of cooperation between Italy, Latin America and the Caribbean'.
  11. Ed Smith, right, father of yachtsman Oliver Smith speaks to the media flanked by the other families of the freed yachtsmen outside the Foreign Office in London, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident.
  12. Ed Smith, center, father of yachtsman Oliver Smith speaks to the media flanked by the other families of the freed yachtsmen outside the Foreign Office in London, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident.
  13. Ed Smith, centre right, father of yachtsman Oliver Smith speaks to the media flanked by the other families of the freed yachtsmen outside the Foreign Office in London, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf. Britain said it was delighted with Wednesday's release and praised Tehran's handling of the incident.
  14. Belgium's Herman van Rompuy who becomes the first EU president on Jan. 1, speaks at a news conference in Riga, Latvia, Wednesday, Dec.2, 2009.
  15. Children put candles on the ground during a candle lit vigil on the eve of 25th anniversary the disaster, in Bhopal, India, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The Bhopal industrial disaster killed about 4,000 people on Dec. 3, 1984. According to the government, at least 500,000 people were affected by the gas leak, and activists say that thousands of children, born to parents directly exposed to the gas leak or poisoned by the contaminated water, are suffering from cleft lips, missing palates, twisted limbs.
  16. US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke talks to the media after his meeting with EU officials, at the European Counsill building in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec.2, 2009.