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World struggles to cope with Somali piracy, By TOM MALITI reporting ...

Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

By TOM MALITI reporting for Biodun Iginla, BBC News in Minneapolis 37 minutes ago NAIROBI, Kenya — The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing more sanctions and calling for...

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In Cairo,Crisis meeting over Somali piracy.

Cairo :: Egypt | about 11 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Senior officials from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen are meeting in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. It comes amid a report that pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker on Saturday are demanding a $25m (£17m) ransom. However, the...

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Shipping groups avoid Suez on piracy fears

Cairo :: Egypt | about 8 hours ago | No category

Source: Financial Times

AP Møller-Maersk, Europe’s biggest ship owner, said on Thursday it had decided to divert its fleet of 83 tankers to the longer and more expensive sea route around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.

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Postpone visit to Zimbabwe, Mugabe tells Annan

Harare :: Zimbabwe | about 15 hours ago | No category

Source: Daily Nation

President Mugabe, who is eager to form a new government after a seven-month stalemate, forwarded a draft of the amendment to Mr Mbeki for consideration early this week. But the MDC said it had not been consulted on the draft...

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Clashes threaten DR Congo ceasefire

Brazzaville :: Congo | about 11 hours ago | No category

Source: Al Jazeera

Clashes have broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Tutis fighters loyal to General Laurent Nkunda, the renegade army general, and pro-government fighters, reports have said. The reports of clashes on Thursday threaten a possible ceasefire deal...

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Somali is "pirate magnet"--by Nataile Duval reporting for Biodun ...

Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 7 hours ago | Political News

Posted by BiodunIginla

Onboard a Nato warship heading towards Somalia Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said. Deputy foreign minister Wafaa Bassem, who chaired a piracy crisis meeting...

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Rice Meets Gadhafi Son, Raises Dissident Case

Tripoli :: Libya | about 6 hours ago | Political News

Source: Voice of America

Though Saif al-Islam Gadhafi holds no official government title, he is the first member of the longtime Libyan leader's immediate family to visit Washington. And he received treatment commensurate with that of a visiting high official, capped by the private...

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JPMorgan cuts 3,000 investment banking jobs

Sao :: Burkina Faso | about 7 hours ago | Business News

Source: China News

organ shares slid as much as 18 percent as one analyst said the cuts could reflect greater-than-expected weakness at the bank, long seen as one of the industry's few stalwarts through the credit crisis. "Because JPMorgan has held up relative...

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Ben Affleck in DR Congo

Goma :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | about 14 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: ITN

Hollywood actor Ben Affleck has been visiting a camp for internally displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo...There are a number of people suffering needlessly," Affleck said. "Having visited a number of the camps here, I can personally attest...

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NATO chief offers to train African forces

Accra :: Ghana | about 16 hours ago | No category

Source: GMA News

African soldiers so they are ready for the continent's conflicts, the military alliance's secretary-general said. Speaking Wednesday at a dinner in Accra marking the start of his three-day visit to Ghana, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said: "Africans must be in...

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