A Shell refueling station in Los Angeles, California is pictured in 2008. Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said Friday.

A Shell refueling station in Los Angeles, California is pictured in 2008. Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials said Friday.

Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King arrives at the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.

The World Trade Organisation said that 400 trade dispute cases had been filed since the agency was formed in 1995. "This is surely a vote of confidence in a system which many consider to be a role model for the peaceful resolution of disputes in other areas of international political or economic relations," added WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy.

A woman marches through the streets of Dublin, Ireland. Tens of thousands of angry demonstrators rallied across Ireland on Friday to protest government plans for tough austerity measures, police and reports said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a meeting outside Moscow in Novo-Ogarevo. Ukraine has paid Russia for October gas supplies, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said on Friday, after Putin had warned against late payment.