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. >> the vessel is currently located about 195 miles from the town of sitka, alaska. it is well offshore pick our operations to sink it commenced about 1:00 p.m. local here in alaska. we're continuing to work on sinking the vessel. it is on fire and is taking on water. but it has not completely solved. >> before it undertook this operation, did you ask the permission of the japanese ship owner if you could undertake this operation? >> we were in touch with the japanese government and the owner of the vessel could neither individuals or the garment themselves wanted the vessel back. it was declared a derelict bustle and a direct hazard to shipping -- a deraa vessel -- a derelict vessel and a direct hazard to shipping. >> what other dangers does this japanese ship posen? >> the main danger is the shipping hazard if no one -- chipping hazard. if no one was on board, it has no lighting. once we have sunk it, we will take care of any floating debris that is left over and clear the situation and then we will no longer have the hazard to navigation in that area. >> president

and it also appears generally headed to sitka, alaska, about 175 miles away. >>> when we come back tonight, an extraordinary new view of some of the great treasures of the art world. >>> finally tonight, at a time when schools are cutting back on funding for arts education, there's some good news. google is stepping into the breach with a project that is part google earth and part museum of art. but it's meant to bring art to us. the story from nbc's kate snow. >> what do you notice about van gogh's face? >> reporter: holly's third graders in seabrook, texas, are on a field trip visiting a museum 5,000 miles away in amsterdam. >> you kind of see a lot of different textures. >> reporter: google art project founder never had access to the world's great art. there are a lot of american school children who will never come to the museum of modern art in new york. >> well, soon they'll be able to go to india, brazil, russia. >> reporter: the people who brought us google earth, google oceans, street view have been mapping the world's museums after dark. 150 collections in 40 countries are online

its final resting place some 300 kilometers from the alaskan town of sitka. united states coast guard say they have no choice but to sink it. it had no lights or communication system and there were fears that it had diesel onboard. >> the ship sank at 6:15 alaska time. it sank in over 9,000 feet of water. there's been a little bit of fuel shedding, but that fuel should quickly dissipate in the ocean and any little bit of debris that's left over we will collect and take ashore. >> it may not be the last piece of tsunami wreckage to end up in alaska's waters. millions of tons of debris were washed out to sea and much of it is expected to head for the north american coast. zoe conway, bbc news. >> there's no disguising the often tense and potentially volatile relations between india and pakistan. lately the neighbors have been taking steps to boost trade and improve diplomatic relations. this weekend za dary will become the first pakistani president in almost a decade to visit india, where he's expected to strengthen those ties. from the india-pakistani border,

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it sits about 200 miles south west of sitka, alaska. guard dropped abue to warn other ships to avoid the area. experts say it's safer to sink the ship and let the fuel evaporate in the water than to let it continue to drift. ship is at the front of a stream of debris drifting east since the tsunami in march of last year. >>> pwu ford wyoming has become famous as the nation smallest up to. today that reputation proved to be worth 900,000 dollars. beauford went on the auction block today. whole thing bidding started at 100,000 dollars. it was over in 15 minutes or so. the 10 acre parcel includes convenience store. gas statio station. cell tower and couple of buildings. town was created when workers were there building the transcontinental railroad. current landlord who happens to be beauford lone resident wants to move near his son. so he no longer had need of the town. new owner is a businessman. he has not been identified. >> remember when administrative assist at that particular time were secretaries? well secretaries are coming back a

coast guard is monitoring the ship as it nears sitka, alaska, more than 3,000 miles from where it beganot clear what is on board or whether it is carrying fuel. >>> a pakistani court has sentenced osama bin laden's three wives and two daughters to 45 days in prison for violating immigration laws. this includes his youngest wife amal who fought back getting shot in the process when u.s. forces raided bin laden's compound last may. only 30 years old, she has given pakistani officials a detailed account of bin laden's life on the run following nine-. our pakistan bureau chief joins me here. it's so great to have you here. you have the most fascinating account. you spoke with her brother. and it's all on the web so we should point people there. but what happened to them on all these years, and the fact that they were able to move so freely and so frequently inside pakistan, doesn't that raise questions about whether the isi, pakistan's intelligence service, had some inside knowledge of where they were? >> it's true. we're getting some fascinating details about what the last decade has been