Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. NBC logos are seen on a door with buildings around Rockefeller Center reflected in the background at the home of NBC's studios, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  2. U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington December 3, 2009, about the breach of security during the White House State dinner on November 24 by Virginia couple Tareq and Michaele Salahi.
  3. A man walks on the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott, where three Spanish aid workers were abducted from, December 3, 2009. Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped in Mauritania on Sunday, officials said of an attack that will heighten security fears in the West African desert republic where al Qaeda-linked gunmen operate. The three were abducted as they travelled in a convoy through the Saharan state, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman in Madrid said. Mauritanian security sources said the attack took place on the road between the capital Nouakchott and the coastal trading city of Nouadhibou.
  4. U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington December 3, 2009, about the breach of security during the White House State dinner on November 24 by Virginia couple Tareq and Michaele Salahi.
  5. A man looks inside an overturned truck after an accident along the road between Nouahibou and Nouakchott December 3, 2009. Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped in Mauritania on Sunday, officials said of an attack that will heighten security fears in the West African desert republic where al Qaeda-linked gunmen operate. The three were abducted as they travelled in a convoy through the Saharan state, a Spanish Foreign Ministry spokesman in Madrid said. Mauritanian security sources said the attack took place on the road between the capital Nouakchott and the coastal trading city of Nouadhibou.
  6. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 3: A view of the central square of Perugia during the Meredith Kercher murder trial on December 3, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito have been charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher on November 1, 2007 in Italy. Jury deliberation begin on December 4, with a verdict expected either that evening or the following day.
  7. People walk around Rockefeller Center, home of NBC's studios, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  8. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: Defendant Amanda Knox speaks to her legal team during the Meredith Kercher trial's closing arguments on December 3, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in P erugia on November 1, 2007. Jury deliberations begin on December 4, with a verdict expected either that evening or the following day.
  9. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 03: Defendant Amanda Knox speaks to her legal team during the Meredith Kercher trial's closing arguments on December 3, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in P erugia on November 1, 2007. Jury deliberations begin on December 4, with a verdict expected either that evening or the following day.
  10. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia celebrates defeating Pat Cash of Australia during day three of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 3, 2009 in London, England.
  11. PERUGIA, ITALY - DECEMBER 3: A general view of the bar 'Le Chic', owned by Patrick Lumumba, on December 3, 2009 in Perugia, Italy. Amanda Knox, a defendant in the Meredith Kercher murder trial used to work in 'Le Chic'. Congolese bar owner Lumumba, who was held by police for two weeks, is filing a defamation suit against Knox after she accused him whilst under interrogation. Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are charged with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia on November 1, 2007. Jury deliberations begin on December 4, with a verdict expected either that evening or the following day.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 03: Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia plays a backhand in his match against Pat Cash of Australia during day three of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 3, 2009 in London, England.
  13. Head coach of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Mircea Lucescu is seen prior to the UEFA Europa League soccer match against Club Brugge KV in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  14. Head coach of Club Brugge KV, Andrie Koster prior to the UEFA Europa League soccer match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  15. Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai speaks to The Associated Press at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move would have the backing of the United States and other international partners.
  16. FILE - In this June 4, 2008 file photo French soccer star Zinedine Zidane smiles during a press conference in Poznan, western Poland. The U.N. says retired international soccer star Zinedine Zidane will to visit Gaza in March to promote Mideast peace.
  17. U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox talks to a lawyer prior to a defense hearing at the court in Perugia, central Italy, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. American student Amanda Knox made her final statement to the Italian court trying her for the murder of her British roommate, saying Thursday she doesn't want to be branded an assassin. Her voice breaking as she fought back tears, Knox addressed the eight members of the jury just before they go into deliberations, possibly Friday.
  18. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front, and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, background, are seen in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Germany's defense minister says a Sept. 4 decision to call an airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians was "militarily inappropriate." Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg told parliament on Thursday that he was correcting his position on a German general's decision to call the airstrike against two fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan. Guttenberg had previously defended the attack.