Nur Mohamed Mohamoud, deputy director of National Security Agency of Somalia, listens during the "Overview of the Global Piracy Situation" forum session at Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Piracy and Crimes At Sea in Kuala Lumpur May 17, 2009. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago

Nur Mohamed Mohamoud, deputy director of National Security Agency of Somalia, listens during the "Overview of the Global Piracy Situation" forum session at Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Piracy and Crimes At Sea in Kuala Lumpur May 17, 2009.

More Photos of National Security Agency

View as Grid »

  1. Vibecke Soerensen, President of The Norwegian Skating Association, seen during press conference in Oslo, Norway Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Soerensen announced that NSA on Monday fired Norway's speed skating coach Peter Mueller, following an accusation of sexual harassment.

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. Vibecke Soerensen, President of The Norwegian Skating Association, seen during press conference in Oslo, Norway Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Soerensen announced that NSA on Monday fired Norway's speed skating coach Peter Mueller, following an accusation of sexual harassment.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. A child poses for photo in front of a Christmas decoration displayed outside a shopping mall in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
  2. A walker makes her way through fresh snow on the Schauinsland mountain in the Black Forest region of southern Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
  3. Congolese rebel warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba is seen at the International Criminal Court in The Hague December 2, 2009. Bemba must be detained until his trial, appeals judges at the International Criminal Court said on Wednesday, reversing a pre-trial decision to release him.. Bemba, whose trial for murder, rape and pillage in the Central African Republic is scheduled for April 2010, had been granted release four months ago pending a decision on which country he would stay in until the start of his trial.
  4. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Melissa George,Ruby Rose and Natalie Bassingthwaighte attend the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  5. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Mimi Galan and Arthur Galan attend the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  6. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Jayson Sutcliffe and Melissa George attend the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  7. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Ruby Rose and Natalie Bassingthwaighte attend the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  8. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Melissa George attends the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  9. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Jayson Sutcliffe and Melissa George attend the Official Launch Party for Chadstone Shopping Centre, the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, following its recent extension, on December 2, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
  10. U.S. soldiers patrol through the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Many Afghans were still sleeping when President Barack Obama announced he was sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to the war. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said NATO and U.S. forces would hand over responsibility for securing the country to the Afghan security forces "as rapidly as conditions allow." Obama said if conditions are right, U.S. troops could begin leaving Afghanistan in 18 months.
  11. A woman labourer works as her child sleeps at a roadside construction site in New Delhi December 2, 2009. Asia's third-largest economy grew 7.9 percent in the past quarter from a year earlier, far above forecasts of 6.3 percent and the fastest in any quarter since June 2008.
  12. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen holds a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels December 2, 2009. The head of NATO said he expects allies to provide at least 5,000 troops for Afghanistan and possibly a few thousand more after President Barack Obama announced a big increase in U.S. forces for the country.
  13. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann of the Social Democratic Party (SPOe) delivers a speech in the historic Hofburg palace on occasion of his government's first anniversary in Vienna December 2, 2009.
  14. U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox looks on prior to defense hearing by her lawyer Luciano Ghirga, not pictured, at the court in Perugia, Italy, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Defense lawyers have begun their closing arguments, seeking to show that evidence in the case isn't sufficient to convict her. Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are being tried in Perugia for the 2007 slaying of Meredith Kercher. They deny wrongdoing.
  15. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, arrives at the prime minister's official residence to meet Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy by massaging the economy with cheap loans amid government pressure to respond to a surging yen and falling consumer prices.
  16. Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa leaves the prime minister's official residence after he met Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy by massaging the economy with cheap loans amid government pressure to respond to a surging yen and falling consumer prices.