Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A ferry goes past the cruise liner Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the west coast of Italy, at Giglio island January 27, 2012. Costa Cruises has offered to pay 11,000 euros ($14,500) in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer groups said on Friday. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (ITALY - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT BUSINESS MARITIME)
A man apprehended by police during anti-government protests ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A man apprehended by police during anti-government protests is held by police as a reporter from Al Arabiya television interviews him in Sitra, southeast of Manama, January 27, 2012. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Employees of the Municipal Theater watch as firefighters on ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Employees of the Municipal Theater watch as firefighters on excavators remove debris from collapsed buildings in Rio de Janeiro January 27, 2012. At least 22 people were still missing on Thursday after rescuers recovered four bodies from the rubble of three buildings that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Mayor Eduardo Paes said. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: DISASTER)
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) and professor Christopher ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) and professor Christopher Pissarides, winner of the joint 2010 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 27, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
Arctic ice melt lifts hopes for Russian maritime trade
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:09 +0100 SEVERODVINSK, Russia (Reuters) - When severe snowstorms prevented life-sustaining fuel supplies from reaching the frozen Alaskan town of Nome, U.S. officials turned to a Russian company for help. The relief mission through perilous, ice-choked seas was the first mid-winter fuel delivery to western Alaska, capping a year of pioneering shipping as oil and gas development and climate change increase traffic along northern trade routes sought by centuries of Arctic explorers. ... (Source: Reuters)
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