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n Somalia’s main pirate lair of Haradheere, the sea gangs have set up a cooperative to fund their hijackings offshore, a sort of stock exchange meets criminal syndicate.
Heavily armed pirates from the lawless Horn of Africa nation have terrorised...
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Al Shabaab are not the only ones responsible for intimidation, violence and death in Somalia. A militant Islamic group Suna Waljameca, considerd to be...
made popular Dec 7 2009
The death toll rose to 23 on Friday in a suicide bombing attack at a Somali graduation ceremony, which killed three members of Somalia’s U.N.-backed interim...
made popular Dec 5 2009
An explosion ripped through an upscale hotel in Somalia’s capital Thursday during a university graduation ceremony, killing three government Cabinet ministers and...
made popular Dec 3 2009
Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying oil to the US, officials say.
The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was about 1,300km (800 miles) off Somalia when it was...
made popular Nov 30 2009
According to sources, 23 year-old Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf , had been beaten and tortured before he was killed.
all of his front teeth were gone, and some of his fingers...
made popular Nov 25 2009
Federal officials on Monday unsealed terrorism-related charges against men they say were key actors in a recruitment effort that led roughly 20 young Americans to join...
made popular Nov 24 2009
Al Shabaab’s version of Shariah in Somalia rears it’s ugly head once again, demonstrating how barbaric some of those practices are, and how women are...
made popular Nov 19 2009
As Somalis struggle to survive the chaos that has overtaken their country, a network of companies that distribute money from the nation’s large diaspora has quietly...
made popular Nov 12 2009
Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said.
Naval spokesman Cmdr. John...
made popular Nov 11 2009
At least 8 people were killed and more than 17 others injured in Heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in south and northern Somali capital...
made popular Nov 9 2009
SOMALI pirates have threatened to kill three crew members taken hostage from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed, the...
made popular Nov 7 2009
Militants who control parts of Somalia’s capital city are beating women in broad daylight for violating their radical brand of Islamic law, according to local...
made popular Oct 30 2009
Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.
made popular Oct 29 2009
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has warned Islamist rebels who threatened to attack Kampala that they will pay a heavy price if they did so.
“Those groups, I would advise...
made popular Oct 24 2009
The poor Somali people- not only are they living in chaos and subjected to violence, the once moderate Muslims are now being subjected to the indignities and religious...
made popular Oct 22 2009
Somalia’s hardline Muslim extremists have ordered women to shake their breasts to determine if they are wearing “un-Islamic” bras.
The orders have been...
made popular Oct 21 2009
The winners of a quiz organised by Somali Islamists have been given weapons and ammunition as prizes.
Prizes included AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades and an...
made popular Oct 20 2009
Where in the Q’ran does it proclaim it is haram (forbidden) for women to wear pants? Or brassieres? Or burqas? In fact, where in the Q’ran does it forbid...
made popular Oct 19 2009
Even though the government has denied the information as media rumours, this is the second time that Kenya has been mentioned in issues regarding the militia and the...
made popular Oct 19 2009
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Somali pirates have captured a tanker carrying oil to the US, officials say.
The Greek-owned Maran Centaurus was about 1,300km (800 miles) off Somalia when it was...
made popular Nov 30 2009
Somali pirates on Wednesday seized a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean with 22 crew members on board, the European Union Naval Force said.
Naval spokesman Cmdr. John...
made popular Nov 11 2009
A Chinese ship with 146 people aboard was hijacked Monday in the Indian Ocean, the European Union Naval Force said.
The bulk carrier De Xin Hai was hijacked around...
made popular Oct 20 2009
Switzerland will not join the European Union’s anti-piracy efforts, lawmakers decided Thursday amid concern that participating in the mission off Somalia could...
made popular Sep 24 2009
Eight people have been arrested for hijacking the cargo ship Arctic Sea, Russia’s defence minister says.
Anatoly Serdyukov said the group of suspects included...
made popular Aug 18 2009
The crew of two Egyptian fishing vessels wielding machetes and tools attacked Somali pirates who had held them hostage for four months, killing at least two of them,...
made popular Aug 14 2009
European Commission maritime officials told The Daily Telegraph that following its first attack in Swedish waters, a second set of radio messages was received from the...
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MICROSOFT in conjunction with the Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) have nabbed Asians in Kampala with pirated computer software.
The Asians were caught during...
made popular May 27 2009
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
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
Why the countries in the world hesitate to take strong action against Somalian Govt. and the Somani pirates when every country in the world facing great threat from...
made popular Apr 13 2009
Somalian pirates: Sea terrorist.
“US military chiefs are bolstering their forces around the Horn of Africa to help tackle Somali pirates holding a US captain...
made popular Apr 11 2009
The previous capture of a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million of crude raised awareness of the pirates operating off Somalia’s coast. The tanker was only released...
made popular Apr 9 2009
Piracy is inevitable and we have been listening a lot about the ongoing Piracy of almost everything weather it is a movie, software, game or any other thing. The...
made popular Mar 18 2009
Picture released by the German Bundeswehr on March 4, 2009 shows Bundeswehr soldiers approaching pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on March 3, 2009, after frigate...
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The United States is seeking international authorization allowing foreign navies to pursue Somali pirates on land as well as at sea in an effort to curb the growing...
made popular Dec 12 2008
A dictionary defines terrorism as follows: “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.”
Terrorist are people who...
made popular Dec 6 2008
It was really surprising this current wave of piracy near the coasts of Somalia. This is almost the last thing anybody can imagine or expect in the twenty-first...
made popular Dec 3 2008
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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.
