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)
Soccer chairman Milan Mandaric arrives at Southwark Crown Court ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:50:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Soccer chairman Milan Mandaric arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London January 27, 2012. Mandaric is charged with tax evasion from when he was chairman of Portsmouth Football Club. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW SPORT SOCCER)
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris (L) and brother Tito Jackson ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:50:06 +0100 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's daughter Paris (L) and brother Tito Jackson share a moment at a ceremony where the singer is immortalized with hand and foot imprints in cement in the courtyard of Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Miriam Lasso holds a candle wearing a T-shirt with a photo of ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:50:02 +0100 (AP) - Miriam Lasso holds a candle wearing a T-shirt with a photo of her brother, police Sgt. Cesar Lasso, during a vigil to ask for the release of rebel hostages in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, January 26, 2012. Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC's announced in Dec. 2011 their plan to free six hostages but did not give an exact date. On a statement released Wednesday a rebel leader said that Lasso, a captive since 1998, is among them. (AP Photo/Carlos Julio Martinez)
Thai marines patrol the Mekong river near Sop Ruak in the Golden ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Thai marines patrol the Mekong river near Sop Ruak in the Golden Triangle region where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet, January 18, 2012. The murder of 13 Chinese sailors last October on the Mekong was the deadliest attack on Chinese nationals overseas in modern times and highlights the growing presence of China in the Golden Triangle, the opium-growing region straddling Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. Picture taken January 18, 2012. To match Special Report MEKONG-CHINA/MURDERS REUTERS/Sinthana Kosolpradit (THAILAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY BUSINESS POLITICS MARITIME)
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