Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Former NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon pauses during a TV interview after the draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Istanbul December 15, 2009.
  2. French European Deputy Rachida Dati takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg December 15, 2009. Dati has been caught on camera disparaging the European parliament, reviving criticism that she is not committed to her EU role. The scene was picked up by French TV channel M6 and broadcast on Sunday.
  3. PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 15: James Kingston of South Africa in action during practice before the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Club on December 15, 2009 in Paarl, South Africa.
  4. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev addresses the audience at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow, December 15, 2009.
  5. MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 15 : German Football Association (DFB) chairboard member Hans-Georg Moldenhauer attends the Women's German Indoor Cup press conference on December 15, 2009 in Magdeburg, Germany.
  6. MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 15 : German Football Association (DFB) chairboard member Hans-Georg Moldenhauer attends the Women's German Indoor Cup press conference on December 15, 2009 in Magdeburg, Germany.
  7. MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 15 : Soccer player Martina Mueller of the German national football team attends the Women's German Indoor Cup press conference on December 15, 2009 in Magdeburg, Germany.
  8. (L-R) FIBA Sports Director and former basketball star Lubomir Kotleba, former NBA star Hakeem Olajuwon, Puerto Ricon basketball player Daniel Santiago and former Turkish basketball player Efe Aydan attend the draw for the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Istanbul December 15, 2009.
  9. PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 15: Simon Khan of England tees off on the 17th hole during practice before the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Club on December 15, 2009 in Paarl, South Africa.
  10. A general view shows the Arab-Turkish Forum held in Damascus December 15, 2009. Six Arab states and the Arab League chief attended the forum with Turkey.
  11. PAARL, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 15: Andrew Butterfield of England plays out of the sixth greenside bunker during practice before the South African Open Championship at Pearl Valley Golf Club on December 15, 2009 in Paarl, South Africa.
  12. India's Zaheer Khan celebrates after the dismissal of Sri Lanka's Thilina Kandamby during their first one-day international cricket match in Rajkot December 15, 2009.
  13. Pigeon flie over a frozen pond outside Novodevichi (New Maden's ) Convent, background, in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A vicious frost held Moscow in its grip on Tuesday as record warm weather at the start of December gave way to temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius (-13 degrees Fahrenheit).
  14. A flock of migratory flamingos is seen in a pond on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. According to news reports, ornithologists have warned the number of birds migrating could be much less this year due to indiscriminate habitat changes.
  15. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa waves to supporters as he arrives for a meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. Rajapaksa, who still has two years left in his six-year term, called early elections to take advantage of his popularity after the military defeated the Tigers and ended the country's 25-year civil war.
  16. A flock of migratory flamingos is seen in a pond on the outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. According to news reports, ornithologists have warned the number of birds migrating could be much less this year due to indiscriminate habitat changes.
  17. A flock of migratory flamingos is seen in a pond on outskirts of Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. According to news reports, ornithologists have warned the number of birds migrating could be much less this year due to indiscriminate habitat changes.
  18. In this photo made from video footage aired by Express News, people gather at the site of the explosion in Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A suspected car bomb ripped through a market near the home of a politician in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing people. The words in top read "The house of senior politician Zulfiqar Khosa was targeted".