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MICROSOFT in conjunction with the Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) have nabbed Asians in Kampala with pirated computer software.
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Filed under: Sports, News, Weird Passengers on a new cruise along the coast of Somalia are paying to catch more than just salmonella. A Russian luxury yacht company is...
made popular Jul 1 2009
The idea of engaging Kenya in the Somalia war is generally tickling many Kenyans but as it is daggers seem to have been drawn.
With the news that the Kenyan army is...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Somalia is beginning to seem more and more like the Swat Valley of eastern Africa – a place where Al Qaeda-linked insurgents are setting up religious law courts,...
made popular Jun 24 2009
Hardline Islamists have condemned four young Somali men to a double amputation for stealing mobile phones and guns.
They will each have a hand and a leg cut off after...
made popular Jun 23 2009
The United Nations World Food Program [WFP] has long been known for inefficiency. Contrary to what some UN-opponents may, the trouble is often not within the United...
made popular Jun 22 2009
“In our culture we were nomads and we believed it was our right to take sheep, to take cattle. That is how we see the ships. They are our sheep and we will take...
made popular Jun 17 2009
Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 11 people, including the capital’s police...
made popular Jun 17 2009
One of the UN’s largest international relief efforts is under investigation after it emerged that thousands of sacks of food aid were being diverted from starving...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Muslim leaders and police in Kenya warned yesterday that the country was becoming a “dumping ground” for Somali pirates after the United States handed over 17...
made popular Jun 12 2009
Rival Islamist groups battled for a central Somali town on Friday, leaving at least 56 militants dead, while the number of new refugees from a month of fighting in the...
made popular Jun 6 2009
A warning this week from the British aid group Oxfam that the humanitarian crisis in Somalia is the worst in Africa is not new. Last year, the U.N. called the situation...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Intelligent, convincing and sincere- This campaign for Medecins San Frontieres, created by McCann-Erickson London, rightly adorns all these good adjectives. The...
made popular Jun 5 2009
Doctors at one of the main hospitals in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, say they have been swamped with patients injured in an upsurge of fighting.
Medics say some of...
made popular May 28 2009
Around 200 Somali pirates are reported to have renounced piracy at a meeting in northern Somalia.
Members of the group met local leaders and Somali expatriates in Eyl,...
made popular May 26 2009
African Union peacekeepers based in Mogadishu have an acronym for the guerrilla war in Somalia, VUCA, meaning volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous.
From a...
made popular May 25 2009
Somalia’s neighbours have called for the UN to impose a blockade on air strips and sea ports to prevent Islamists getting weapons and fighters.
The emergency...
made popular May 21 2009
Islamist insurgents closed in on Somalia’s coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu on Monday. Hardline al Shabaab rebels seized...
made popular May 20 2009
AP, Seoul
A South Korean navy warship has rescued a North Korean freighter by driving away a pirate ship chasing it off Somalia.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Mogadishu
American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Moscow
Russian news agencies, citing the nation’s Defense Ministry, say a Russian warship has seized a vessel with 29 suspected pirates on board off the coast of...
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Every year, the United States governments publishes its Special 301 Report on international piracy. The list identifies the worst abusers of intellectual property and...
made popular May 6 2009
AP, Moscow
Iran’s embassy in Moscow says a Russian warship has freed eight Iranians who were seized along with suspected Somali pirates last week.
made popular May 4 2009
The great and courageous Microsoft has decided to play an active role in the Arab world. More than that it is adopting the language of pan-Arabism.
The software...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Seoul
A South Korean navy warship has rescued a North Korean freighter by driving away a pirate ship chasing it off Somalia.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Nairobi
A Seychelles coast guard boat arrested three suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the islands that depend heavily on tourism, state media reported Sunday.
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Nairobi
Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a British-owned cargo ship crewed by Ukrainians.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Nairobi
A NATO spokesman says a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on a Norwegian oil tanker.
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AP, Washington
China, Russia and Canada were among 12 countries targeted by the Obama administration Thursday for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Washington
Commercial ships working pirate-infested waters should be protected by an armed corps of senior officers backed by the government, Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Washington
The captain of the Maersk Alabama says ships working pirate-infested waters should be protected by an armed corps of senior officers and have a clear chain of command.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Stockholm
A new poll shows a Swedish party that calls for legalizing Internet file-sharing could win a seat in the European Parliament in June.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Mogadishu
American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier this month...
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AP, Paris
French legislators reconsidered a bill Wednesday that would punish people who illegally download music and films by cutting off their Internet connections.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Moscow
Russian news agencies, citing the nation’s Defense Ministry, say a Russian warship has seized a vessel with 29 suspected pirates on board off the coast of...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Montpelier
The cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates didn’t know the gunshots that killed his captors came from the U.S. Navy. He thought they were due to a dispute...
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Nairobi
The Seychelles Coast Guard says it has arrested nine suspected pirates believed to be behind the attempted hijacking of a luxury cruise liner over the weekend.
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Nairobi
The Seychelles Coast Guard says it has arrested nine suspected pirates believed to be behind the attempted hijacking of a luxury cruise liner over the weekend.
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Bourne
The second-in-command of a ship seized this month by pirates off Africa has been injured in a car crash in Massachusetts.
made popular Apr 27 2009
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An unidentified U.S. Navy sailor seen between flags of the United States and Turkey during a ceremony, Sunday May 3, 2009, at the U.S. Navy base in Manama, Bahrain, putting Turkey in command of an international naval task force fighting piracy.
