Still no solution with the Ukraine vessel under the control of the Pirates of Somalia. T72 tanks now considered for South Sudan (shipping papers) " There is evidence suggesting that the Ukrainian ship being held...
"Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa"" WASHINGTON (AP) -- A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in...
" NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday. Lt. Stephanie Murdock, a 5th Fleet spokeswoman in Bahrain, said American officials are in regular...
Somali piracy doubled in 2008, 60 ships attacked, $30 million paid in ransom. Sarkozy fights the pirates. The french announcement was made after the EU defence minister meeting at Deauville France VIDEO CNNPirate...
Pirates, no indication to surrenderU.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser monitors the pirated Ukrainian cargo ship Faina in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, carrying T-72tanks. Six U.S. warships circled the...
The EU is going to undertake a policing measure to fight the pirates off the coast of Somalia. So far operations by combined EU policing forces have been limited mostly just to the Balkans, but lately, under the EU presidency of France under Nicolas Sarkozy, they have become...
Finally after long drawn negotiation abducted foreign tourist have been released. The Egypt tourism ministry said those snatched included five Germans, five Italians and a Romanian, while MENA said two Egyptian...
During the NBA offseason, Houston Rockets forward Tracy McGrady paid a visit to refugee camps in war-torn Sudan. His visit was chronicled by a film crew and turned into a documentary entitled "3 Points."""I had no...
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This video shows former Sudanese Commander Arbab Idries admitting to arming and leading Janjaweed milita attacks on civilans in Darfur in order to "rid the land of blacks." The former commander says he believes he committed war crimes in Darfur.
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An article in today, September 6th's Wall Street Journal, written by Mia Farrow and Eric Reeves makes me feel like getting up and do something beyond my usual comfort zone. Since I read this article this afternoon, I...
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" Rice, Gadhafi meet in house US bombed 22 years ago. 2008-09-05 21:54:04 - TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United States and Libya sealed a historic turnaround in their troubled relations with a meeting...
Sudanese government warns again over the local consequences of an international arrest of its incumbent President al-Bashir. Chines government has voiced similar concerns in the past.
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Careless driving led to the accident in the Philippines that killed ten South Koreans on Wednesday. The van carrying the Koreans crashed into a storage house on the opposite side of a road after crossing over the median. The Korean embassy in Manila said the...
This is a developing story. We welcome your news, photos and videos, or comments. BBC is reporting that Hijackers have released few passengers. " The hijackers of a Sudanese plane flown to Libya have started to free some of the women and children on board, Libyan...
"Sudanese troops have opened fire inside a Darfur refugee camp, leaving 27 people dead, a rebel group has said. Some 100 government trucks surrounded the Kalma camp, home to some 90,000 people who have fled their homes in Darfur, a rebel spokesman told the BBC. There is no...