Israeli President meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Jerusalem
Israel’s President Shimon Peres, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in the President’s residence in Jerusalem, Monday, April, 8, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Mideast peace talks in meetings Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli and Palestinian […]
Russian President Putin talks with Dutch PM in Amsterdam meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, second left, are seen at the start of a meeting at the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday April 8, 2013. After getting an earful from Chancellor Angela Merkel on the importance of democratic issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Amsterdam […]
With Magaret Thatcher’s passing, Britons remember its ‘Iron Lady’
Flowers placed by well-wishers surround a portrait of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher outside her home in Belgravia, London, Monday, April 8, 2013. Margaret Thatcher, the combative “Iron Lady” who infuriated European allies, found a fellow believer in Ronald Reagan and transformed her country by a ruthless dedication to free markets in 11 bruising […]
Obama says Singapore key to U.S. rebalancing toward Asia
President Barack Obama called Singapore “one of the most successful countries in the world” and expressed appreciation for its military and economic cooperation, part of his administration’s foreign policy shift toward Asia. Singapore has provided “a steady vision of how countries in the Pacific region can cooperate effectively,” Obama said as he hosted Prime Minister […]
A Chinese Navy squad arrives at Algeria as part of escort missions
Li Xiaoyan (L), commander of the 13th Escort Taskforce of the Chinese Navy, shakes hands with Liu Yuhe, Chinese Ambassador to Algeria, at the habour of Algiers, Algeria, on April 2, 2013. The 13th naval escort squad, sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, arrived at Algiers of Algeria on Tuesday for a […]
Soyuz space ship blasts off carrying two Russian, one American astronauts
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-08M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, March 29, 2013. The Russian rocket carries Russian cosmonauts Alexander Misurkin, Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. astronaut Christopher Cassidy. The moon is seen above the Soyuz-FG rocket […]
Filipino devotees make the Stations of Cross as a religious rite during Holy Week
Filipino devotees make the Stations of the Cross as they carry wooden crosses at the Philippine Center of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines. Devotees practice different religious rites during the Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Aaron Favila> Cristina from […]
A growing number of Africans live in Chinese cities with booming economic ties between the two sides
African residents buy fruits at a grocery in Xiaobeilu, a commercial area in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, March 21, 2013. With the Chinese economy expanding fast over the past decades, African immigrants, previously unseen in China, have streamed into prosperous cities of Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and even to some second-tier cities. According […]
Presidents of South Africa, Russia shake hands in Durban where they came for five-nation summit
South African President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa _ the five countries that the World Bank says are driving global economic growth _ arrived in South Africa’s coastal resort of Durban […]
Xi Jinping welcomed by his Tanzanian counterpart on arrival in Dar es Salaam
Chinese President Xi Jinping ,left, and his host Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, right, watch the tradition dance on arrival at Julious Nyerere International airport in the capital Dar es Salaam, Sunday, March 24, 2013. The Chinese Leader is in the country for a two day visit. Chinese First Lady, Madame Peng Liyuan, left, waves as […]
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