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Friday Photo: What’s Mara thinking?

I found these photos of Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna reacting to a speech by Muammar Qaddafi really intriguing. Caption contest anyone?     AFP/Getty Images 

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (R) delivers a speech as Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna watches during a meeting with 700 women from the business, political and cultural spheres on June 12, 2009 in Rome. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was set to stress women's rights as he wraps up a controversial visit to former colonial master Italy. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

I found these photos of Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna reacting to a speech by Muammar Qaddafi really intriguing. Caption contest anyone?

I found these photos of Italian Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna reacting to a speech by Muammar Qaddafi really intriguing. Caption contest anyone?

 

 

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Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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