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Breaking News Fri, 28 Jan 2011
Rescuers carry a ferry fire survivor at port in Merak, Banten province, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. A transportation ministry spokesman said the ferry carrying hundreds of passengers has caught fire in Indonesia early Friday.
Accident   Indonesia   Photos   Safety   Transport  
 BBC News 
Indonesia: Deadly fire on crowded ferry off Java
Fri 28 Jan 2011
A fire on a ferry in Indonesia has killed at least seven people, with dozens more reported to be still trapped on the boat. | The fire broke out at around 0300 local time (2000GMT Thursday), soon afte... (photo: AP)
Port officials carry a ferry fire survivor at port in Merak, Banten province, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. A transportation ministry spokesman said the ferry carrying hundreds of passengers has caught fire in Indonesia early Friday.
Accident   Emergency   Indonesia   Photos   Transport  
 Houston Chronicle 
Indonesian passenger ferry catches fire; 11 dead
Thu 27 Jan 2011
| JAKARTA, Indonesia - A crowded ferry caught fire in Indonesia early Friday, killing at least 11 people and sending panicked passengers jumping into the sea, officials said. Nearly 200 people were in... (photo: AP)
Chocolate - Sweets - Cocoa  Philadelphia Daily News  Mon 24 Jan 2011
Chocolate port; cocoa ship unloads in Camden
| By Linda Loyd | INQUIRER STAFF WRITER | Even as a ban on cocoa exports was declared Monday in the West African nation of Ivory Coast, the largest cocoa ship ever to sail from there to the United Sta... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Chocolate   Cocoa   Exports   Photos   Wikipedia: Chocolate  
This image made from video provided by the Israeli Defence Force on Monday, May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is one of several commandos being dropped onto the Mavi Marmara ship by helicopter in the Mediterranean Sea.  Ha'aretz  Sun 23 Jan 2011
Report on deadly Gaza flotilla raid set for release
| The Turkel Committee investigating Israel's botched raid on a Turkish-sponsored flotilla to Gaza last May will publish the first part of its report on Sunday afternoon. | Simultaneously, an Eng... (photo: AP / Israel Defence Force)
Gaza   Israel   Maritime   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid  
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To every cruise route there is a season Seattle Times Sat 22 Jan 2011
To every cruise route there is a season
| An Antarctica cruise ship was caught in the violent waters of the Drake Passage, which tossed the ship around like a toy in a bathtub last month. A few days later, a cr... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Cruise   Europe   Mediterranean   Photos   Ship  
FILE - This file photo taken Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 originally provided by French Defense Ministry, shows suspected pirates arrested by marine commandos of the French navy in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia coasts. French government officials say the Jean de Vienne,background, intercepted and captured 19 pirates as they tried to take over two cargo ships. Many captured Somali pirates once were freed because nations feared the complications of putting them on trial. But the world is now grappling with how to prosecute the bandits -- and even considering a special tribunal. (AP Photo/French Navy-French Defense Ministry,HO) Zeenews Sat 22 Jan 2011
Malaysia holds 7 Somali pirates after saving ship
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Navy was holding seven Somali pirates on Saturday after thwarting an attempt to hijack a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said. |... (photo: AP / French Navy-French Defense Ministry,HO)
Malaysia   Photos   Ship   Somali   Wikipedia: Piracy in Somalia  
Mobile Phone - Texting - Technology The Times Of India Thu 20 Jan 2011
6-7% of mobile users to jump ship after MNP roll-out: Analysts
NEW DELHI: The nationwide roll-out of Mobile Number Portability, a service that allows cellphone users to change service providers while retaining their numbers, is likel... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Delhi   Network   Photos   Subscriber   Wikipedia: Mobile phone  
Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan bows as he is applauded by his party's lawmakers just after being elected as Japan's new prime minister at Parliament's lower house in Tokyo Friday, June 4, 2010. Wall Street Journal Thu 20 Jan 2011
Japan's Kan Critical of China in Policy Speech
By YUKA HAYASHI | TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan criticized China for the opaque expansion in its defense capabilities and maritime activities, as he stres... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
China   Japan   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Naoto Kan  
US Navy 071213-N-9033B-005 Merchant vessel Golden Nori refuels with the U.S. Navy dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) following its release from Somalia-based pirates Star Tribune Mon 17 Jan 2011
EU Naval Force: Somali pirates release 1 Greek-owned ship, hijack another
| NAIROBI, Kenya - The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned tanker but hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier. | A press statement from... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Force   Greek   Photos   Somali   Wikipedia :Pirates  
In this April 4, 2005 file photo, a sports utility vehicle drives past an ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's biggest oil refiner, will spend more than $1 billion in the next couple of years to increase its global production of cleaner-burning diesel by about 10 percent, the company said Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Asahi News Mon 17 Jan 2011
MOL: Hudong-Zhonghua Selected to Build LNG Carriers for PNG and Gorgon Jansz LNG Projects
| Beijing, January 15, 2011 -- Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced today that they have selected Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuildi... (photo: AP / File)
Beijing   Execution   Photos   Projects   Wikipedia :Exxonmobil  
Ooty carrots The Examiner Sun 16 Jan 2011
Carrots and Scallops: Two Seasonal Ingredients That Deliver Lots of Local Flavor
|   By purchasing local foods in-season, you eliminate the environmental damage caused by shipping foods thousands of miles, your food dollar goes directly to the farmer... (photo: Creative Commons / Santhoshj)
Carrots   Food   Health   Photos   wikipedia : carrots  


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