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(Photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)Somali Pirates Free 7 Danes
US Navy 100221-N-7088A-113 Sailors signal a Somali skiff with suspected pirates to raise their hands before boarding...Full Story

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(Photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)Malnutrition is taking its toll on Somali children
With drought and famine ravaging their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence in refugee camps across the border in Malkadiida, Ethiopia....Full Story

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Piracy in Africa Spreads from Horn to Gulf of Guinea
| In late July, pirates stormed an Italian oil tanker, startling the 23 crew members guiding the ship toward its African port. But this was not another attack off the coast of Somalia, whose pirates have for years been the scourge of shipping lanes off its coast. The me...Full Story
Mall of America visitors unknowingly end up in counterterrorism reports
| BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - On May 1, 2008, at 4:59 p.m., Brad Kleinerman entered the spooky world of homeland security. | As he shopped for a children's watch inside the sprawling Mall of America, two security guards approached and began questioning him. Although he was not...Full Story
Malaysian Cameraman Death Reinforces Need of Safety Protocol
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 1:18 pm | Press Release: International Federation of Journalists | September 7, 2011 | Malaysian Cameraman’s Death Reinforces Need for Safety Protocols | The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Nationa...Full Story
Somalia: UN Endorses Roadmap to End Transition
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 1:03 pm | Press Release: United Nations | Somalia: UN-Backed Meeting Endorses Roadmap to End Transition, Restore Stability | New York, Sep 6 2011 - Delegates attending a United Nations-backed meeting on ending Somalia’s transitional pe...Full Story
Great Expectations: Fall's Blockbuster Fiction
| In a Rapture-like event, millions of people inexplicably vanish from the face of the earth: that’s the film-ready premise of Tom Perrotta’s latest, The Leftovers (St. Martin’s Press), which traces the stunned aftermath in one community left searching...Full Story
Noramfaizul's family to get RM2,000 monthly pension
| KUALA LUMPUR: The family of slain BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor will receive a monthly pension of RM2,000 until the children reach 21 years or they graduate with a first degree. | Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam revealed this after presenti...Full Story
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Thu 8 Sep 2011
Mercy Malaysia seeking funds for Somalian relief mission
The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Mercy Malaysia is seeking funds from the public to carry out its short and long term humanitarian efforts in Somalia. | In a press conference held at its office yesterday, Mercy Malaysia's vice-president Assoc Prof Dr Mohamed Ikram Mo...
Danish family freed by pirates
Irish Times | COPENHAGEN - Somali pirates have freed a Danish family of five and two crew captured while sailing off the Horn of Africa in February, Danish officials said yesterday. Armed pirates captured the family and two crew members when they hijacked the gr...
Somali Pirates Free 7 Danes
The New York Times | Seven Danish citizens, including a family with three children, held hostage in Somalia since February when their yacht was hijacked by pirates in the Arabian Sea have been released, the Danish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday. | The parents ...
Wed 7 Sep 2011
Pirates of the Atlantic: Africa's Other Coast Gets Its Share
Time Magazine | Late last month, pirates stormed an Italian oil tanker, startling the 23 crew members guiding the ship towards its African port. But this was not another attack off the coast of Somalia, whose pirates have for years been the scourge of shipping lan...
Somali militants captured 2 Kenyan soldiers
The State | MOGADISHU, Somalia - An Islamist militia in Somalia say they have captured two Kenyan soldiers near the country's shared border. | The al-Shabab militia posted a statement on a commonly used militant website Wednesday saying they caught the two men...
Sienna Miller calls for greater attention to humanitarian crisis in East Africa
IMDb | HollywoodNews.com: Actress and International Medical Corps Global Ambassador Sienna Miller returned this week from visiting International Medical Corps' nutrition programs in the Dolo Ado camps in eastern Ethiopia, an area largely inaccessible by m...
Minn. terror suspect will await sentencing at home
Star Tribune | MINNEAPOLIS - A Somali man who's been in custody more than two years on terror charges will be released to his parents' home in Minnesota under strict conditions while he awaits sentencing, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. | Kamal Said Hassan, 26, ...
Analysis: Mogadishu after Al-Shabab
IRINnews NAIROBI, 7 September 2011 (IRIN) - After the Al-Shabab insurgency announced on 6 August that it was pulling out of Mogadishu, the hope was that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) would fill the vacuum, but doubts are emerging about its capacit...
Can Govt Stamp Authority on Mogadishu?
All Africa After the Al-Shabab insurgency announced on 6 August that it was pulling out of Mogadishu, the assumption was that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) would fill the vacuum, but doubts are emerging about its capacity to stamp its authority on t...
Ban Calls On World to Provide More Aid
All Africa Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to provide additional resources to Somalia's transitional leaders following their adoption of a plan to bring unity, peace and stability to a country that has been torn by factio...
Drought May Persist Despite Normal Rains - UN
All Africa Normal to above-normal rainfall could return to famine-ravaged southern Somalia over the next three months but there may not yet be much easing of the drought there since the September-to-December rains are a relatively small part of the annual total...
Christy Turlington and Iman attend the Modelina Friends Forever Bracelet launch
The Examiner | Supermodels Christy Turlington and Iman were among the celebrity guests at todays launch for the Modelinia Beautiful Friends Forever Bracelet which benefits charity organization Save the Children. The star studded event was held in New York City at...
Blowback In Somalia
Huffington Post | The Nation: | The notorious Somali paramilitary warlord who goes by the nom de guerre Indha Adde, or White Eyes, walks alongside trenches on the outskirts of Mogadishu’s Bakara Market once occupied by fighters from the Shabab, the Islamic militan...
Blowback in Somalia
Yahoo Daily News | -- The notorious Somali paramilitary warlord who goes by the nom de guerre Indha Adde, or White Eyes, walks alongside trenches on the outskirts of Mogadishu’s Bakara Market once occupied by fighters from the Shabab, the Islamic militant group...
Mass Arrests in Ethiopia Include Opposition Leaders
Yahoo Daily News | Mass arrests have in Ethiopia over an anticipated bomb plot, but activist groups are calling the moves suspicious. | Among the 29 arrested, nine include opposition party members; seven are from the Oromo People's Congress party and two from the...
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