A photo shows the facade of a vandalized office of the French Socialist party in the fifth district in Paris on April 5, 2013. These degradations occur as French President Francois Hollande faces rising pressure over a disgraced ex-minister's secret foreign bank account, as it emerged that his one-time campaign treasurer was a partner in companies registered in the Cayman Islands.
This 2010 picture released by Britain's National Oceanography Center and taken Isis, a deep-diving remotely operated vehicle, shows a Rimicaris shrimp at a hydrothermal vent in the Cayman Trough, more than 3 miles or 5 kilometers below the sea's surface between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Jon Copley, chief scientist for the expedition, said he believes that laboratory analysis in coming months will reveal some new life forms that have evolved in the pitch-black vent areas of the Cayman Trough.
CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO THE DEEP DIVING REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE ISIS - This March 2010 picture released by Britain's National Oceanography Center shows a sea star at the site of a hydrothermal vent in the Cayman Trough, more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) below the sea's surface between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica. Jon Copley, chief scientist for the expedition, said he believes that laboratory analysis in coming months will reveal some new life forms that have evolved in the pitch-black vent areas of the Cayman Trough.
Sailors stand on the yardams of Argentina's naval training tall ship ARA Libertad as planes fly past during a welcoming ceremony at the port of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a financial dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome. Ghana courts ordered the ship held in October on a claim by Cayman Islands-based hedge fund NML Capital Ltd. But the U.N.'s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the ship's release last month after Argentina argued that warships are immune from seizure.
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2013 file photo, Argentina's naval training tall ship ARA Libertad arrives to port as planes fly overhead during a ceremony in Mar del Plata, Argentina Ghana courts ordered the ship held in October on a claim by Cayman Islands-based hedge fund NML Capital Ltd. But the U.N.'s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the ship's release after Argentina argued that warships are immune from seizure. Judgment day is approaching in an epic battle between Argentina and New York billionaire Paul Singer, who has sent lawyers around the globe trying to force the South American country to pay its defaulted debts. Three U.S. appellate judges will hear oral arguments in New York on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in the case, NML Capital Ltd. v. Argentina. The case has shaken bond markets, worried bankers, lawyers and diplomats, captivated financial analysts and generated enough friend of the court briefs to kill a small forest.
A man sells a poster showing an image of Argentina's navy training tall ship ARA Libertad that reads in Spanish "I saw you arrive" shortly before the boat's arrival to the port in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The Argentine naval ship detained for more than two months in Ghana because of a financial dispute returned home to a triumphant welcome. Ghana courts ordered the ship held in October on a claim by Cayman Islands-based hedge fund NML Capital Ltd. But the U.N.'s International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ordered the ship's release last month after Argentina argued that warships are immune from seizure.
