Mohamed Waheed (GI)
Barack Obama
Osama (R) thought the singer Whitney “the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen”.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague, left, shakes hands with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein during their meeting at the presidential palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar Thursday. Hague is on the first day of his two-day visit to Myanmar. (AP)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin lights a cande as he visits the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery in the town of Tikhvin,about from 170km (106 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday. (AP)
Police are investigating a number of fire bomb attacks in New York City, including one on a mosque.
Supporters of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad carry Syrian flags as they take part in a rally in front of the Central bank at al-Sabaa Bahrat square in Damascus, December 9, 2011. (File)
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appealed to politicians to eliminate capital punishment, saying it is a violation of human dignity.
German President Christian Wulff (GI)
Syrian security forces killed five people on Sunday (AFP)