[prmwsinfo]

World
Mar 12, 2010

News in pictures on Friday



In this Oct 11, 2001 file photo, firefighters make their way over the ruins of the World Trade Center through clouds of smoke at ground zero in New York. New York City has agreed to pay up to US$657 million (S$915 million) to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits filed by ground zero rescue and response workers who say they were sickened by World Trade Center dust. -- PHOTO: AP




Indian fishermen push their boat ashore at sunrise after a night of fishing at Morjim beach in north Goa, on the Arabian Sea, southern India. -- PHOTO: AP




Mexican fisherman Pachico Mayoral's first encounter with a friendly whale set off the development of a small-scale whale-watching industry in the remote spot off Mexico's northwest Baja California peninsula, where grey whales breed and nurse their calves each year after migrating thousands of kilometers from Canada and Alaska. -- PHOTO: AFP