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Russian police officers detain a protester outside the Federation Council on Dec. 26, 2012. Several protesters were detained that morning outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, which is set to vote on a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)
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A demonstrator holds a poster reading "We are for Dima Yakovlev Bill" outside the Federation Council on Dec. 26, 2012. Several protesters were detained that morning outside the upper chamber of Russia's parliament as it prepared to vote on a controversial measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. (Associated Press)
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Russian police officers detain demonstrators protesting outside the Russian parliament's upper chamber in Moscow on Dec. 26, 2012, against a bill banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children. (Associated Press)
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Essam el-Erian, vice chairman of the Freedom and Justice party, speaks during a session at the Shura Council building in Cairo on Dec. 26, 2012. The official approval of Egypt's disputed, Islamist-backed constitution the previous day held out little hope of stabilizing the country after two years of turmoil, and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi now may face a more immediate crisis with the economy falling deeper into distress. (Associated Press)
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Japan's newly-named Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles as he waves at the media upon his arrival at the prime minister's official residence following his election at Parliament in Tokyo Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Abe, whose nationalist positions have in the past angered Japan's neighbors, is the country's seventh prime minister in just over six years. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
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Afghan policemen stand guard outside of Kabul police headquarters, where a an American adviser was killed, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 24, 2014. An Afghan policewoman killed an American adviser at the Kabul police headquarters on Monday, a senior Afghan police official said. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
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Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl departs after leading a congregation of 4,000 in Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl departs after leading a congregation of 4,000 in Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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The Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl, right, begins the Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, left, sings along with his wife Callista, right, as she and the rest of the The Basilica Choir makes their way to the main altar for the start of Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A congregation of 4,000 fill the main church as Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl leads the Solemn Mass of Christmas Day at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, December 25, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
