Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb 5: Japan's Haruka Imai and Kanako Murakami, Korea's Min-Jeong Kwak smile as they pose with their silver, gold and bronze medals after the 7th Asian Winter Games figure skating competition. (Image via AP)

[Paris, June 2. Image via Getty]

[Baikonur, Kazakhstan; April 2. Image via Getty]

[Baikonur, Kazakhstan, December 17. Image via AP]

• "Either give them the basic tools for protecting the population and themselves, or have the decency to just bring them all home. Because you can't do it halfway. Bring them home and shut off your TV and your radio and your phones and the Internet and go back into the offices and wait until it's all over." That's George Clooney, on Darfur. Also, the UN rescinded its invitation to speak so he was stuck telling reporters what he wished he could have said. [LA Times]