Fukuda to take up refueling issue
TOKYO, Jan. 1 Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Tuesday said he will soon take up the refueling mission issue to aid US-led anti-terrorism efforts in the Indian Ocean.
A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million liters of diesel fuel has run aground in Canada's Far North but none of the fuel has spilled, the Canadian Coast Guard said on Thursday.The 117 meter vessel, called the Nanny, got hung up on a sand bar southwest of the community of Gjoa Haven in the territory of Nunavut on Wednesday, said Larry Trigatti, superintendent of environmental response in the Canadian Coast Guard's central and Arctic region.