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Psy says he would like to see Obama do ‘Gangnam Style’ move

Korea’s pop sensation Psy said late Friday he would like to see Barack Obama do the “Gangnam Style” dance move when he meets the U.S. president at a Washington D.C. concert later this month. The 34-year-old singer and rapper, whose video of his song “Gangnam Style” became a YouTube megahit, is to perform at the […]

Funeral Held In Sanaa For Victims Of Bomb Explosion Against Yemeni Shiite Muslim

Funeral Held In Sanaa For Victims Of Bomb Explosion Against Yemeni Shiite Muslim

Yemeni Shiite Muslims attend the funeral for victims of last Saturday’s explosion in Sanaa, Nov. 29, 2012. Twin bombs ripped through a gathering of a Muslim Shiite celebration in the northern Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring several others. <Xinhua/Mohammed Mohammed>

Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter

Technicians Of Hohhot Railway In China’s Inner Mongolia Prepare For Winter

Technicians monitor the indicating maps of signals at the signal mechanical room of the Baotou East Station of the Baotou electricity section of the Hohhot Railway Bureau in Baotou, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Nov. 29, 2012. Facing the low temperatures, strong winds and snowfalls since winter, the Hohhot Railway Bureau has organized all […]

Giant Panda Cub Receives Weekly Health Exam In San Diego Zoo

Giant Panda Cub Receives Weekly Health Exam In San Diego Zoo

In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, giant panda cub Xiao Liwu stretches out and shows his belly while animal care staff check him over during his weekly exam at the San Diego Zoo, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Nutritionist Jennifer Parsons took his measurements and noted that this panda cub is growing as […]

Tunisians Protest Against Police Violence Against People Demanding Jobs

Tunisians Protest Against Police Violence Against People Demanding Jobs

People demonstrate in Tunis , to protest police violence in Tunisian town of Siliana Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Tunisia’s army intervened Thursday in a third day of violent clashes in a northern town between police and striking residents who are demanding jobs and investment. After two days of battles that a hospital said left more […]

Pussy Riot Ordered By Russian Court To Remove Their Performance Videos From Web

Pussy Riot Ordered By Russian Court To Remove Their Performance Videos From Web

In this Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, members of the Russian radical feminist group Pussy Riot try to perform at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. A Moscow court on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012 ruled that the video of punk band Pussy Riot’s performance in Russia’s main cathedral is extremist and ordered it to […]

Jia Qinglin Meets With Chinese Officials And Students Living In Rome, Italy

Jia Qinglin Meets With Chinese Officials And Students Living In Rome, Italy

Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with staff members of the Chinese embassy to Italy, representatives of Chinese institutions, overseas Chinese and students in Rome, capital of Italy, Nov. 28, 2012. <Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng>

Satellite Launching Site In Cholsan, NK, Seen Ready To Blast-Off Rocket Soon

Satellite Launching Site In Cholsan, NK, Seen Ready To Blast-Off Rocket Soon

This Monday Nov. 26, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and annotated by 38 North, the website of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, shows the Sohae Satellite Launch Station in Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. According to analysis done for 38 North, North Korea has moved two […]

Palestinians Celebrate For UN Vote Granting Palestine Non-Member Status

Palestinians Celebrate For UN Vote Granting Palestine Non-Member Status

Palestinians watch a display screen broadcasting President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Nov. 29, 2012. The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinian status at the UN from “entity” to “non-member state”. <Xinhua/Ayman Nobani> Palestinians celebrate for a UN vote that granted […]

Ban Ki-moon Meets With Israeli Foreign Minister In UN Headquarters

Ban Ki-moon Meets With Israeli Foreign Minister In UN Headquarters

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, left, shakes hands with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during a photo session before their meeting at United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. <AP Photo/Richard Drew>

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