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Hawkeye's Avengers Costume Goes Modern, First Harry Potter Image Isn't Magic, and a Dollhouse Contract Runs Out [Morning Spoilers]
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
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Jeremy Renner, who might be playing Hawkeye, says we won't be seeing a traditional version of the archer's costume: "It's going to be modernized, it's not going to be the guy with the big purple [mask], it's not going to be a guy in tights...He's going...
Tags: Bernard Cribbins, Toshiaki, Victor, Claire, Somalia, Mogadishu
UN envoy urges end to impunity for pirate backers
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
Credibility The United Nations envoy for Somalia called Wednesday on Japan and the international community to help bring the financial backers of Somali pirates to justice. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN special representative for the war-torn African nation, said...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, Politics, Puntland, Geography of Somalia, War Conflict, Disputed territories, Piracy in Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, States of Somalia, Politics of Somalia, Law Crime, Divided regions, Islamist groups
Alakrana hostage situation to be made into a film
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
Credibility Telecinco Cinema is co-producing the movie, for which casting gets underway this month Just two weeks after the crew of the Alakrana were released after 47 days held captive by Somali pirates, Telecinco has announced that their ordeal on board the tuna...
Tags: PM Telecinco Cinema, Alakrana, Somalia, Mogadishu, Telecinco, Zentropa, Grupo Vocento, Entertainment Culture
Images key to media's impact in Afghan detainees story, experts say
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
Credibility B y some accounts, you might think the Afghan detainee story is shaking Ottawa's political foundations to the core, leaving lasting effects on public opinion and foreign policy. Not so fast. There's a key ingredient missing from this story that prevents...
Tags: public inquiry, Airborne Regiment, Amnesty International Canada, afghans detainees, detainees story, Somalia Affair, Ottawa, Mr. Colvin, Somalia, Mogadishu
Somali-Canadian shooting victim identified
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 8 days ago
Credibility The man killed in a daylight shooting Sunday in Edmonton has been identified as 23-year-old Robleh Ali Mohamed, Edmonton police said Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Dave Collins says Edmonton police need witnesses to come forward in the killing of Robleh Ali Mohamed....
Tags: Robleh Ali Mohamed, Edmonton, come forward, edmonton police, Dave Collins, Dan Collins, Somalia, Mogadishu
Aussies paid Canadian's ransom in Somalia
Calgary :: Canada | 9 days ago
Credibility An Australian businessman says the family of a Canadian woman has yet to come up with their half of the ransom paid to Somali kidnappers. Dick Smith told The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph that he and the family of Australian captive Nigel Brennan came up with...
Tags: Amanda Lindhout, Amanda Lindout, Nigel Brennan, journalist amanda, Somalia, Canada, Calgary, Foreign hostages in Somalia, Horn of Africa, Ransom, Hostage taking, United Press International
Hijacked oil tanker at coast
Brussels :: Belgium | 9 days ago
Credibility A massive Greek oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean has reached the Somali coastline, the European Union's (EU) anti-piracy mission off Somalia said on Wednesday. The Greek-flagged MV Maran Centaurus, capable of carrying 300 000...
Tags: Somalia, Ghanaian, Belgium, Brussels, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Oil tanker, Hobyo, MV Sirius Star
Somali commander hails death sentence
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 9 days ago
Credibility A Somali commander aligned with the country's transitional government says a death sentence against one of his men may help end violence against civilians. Afrah Ali Afrah, commander of the Darawish troops in Mogadishu, told Shabelle Radio Monday the...
Tags: deaths sentence, transitional government, Somalia, Mogadishu
Somali government clears federal constitution
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 9 days ago
Credibility The cabinet of ministers of the Transitional Federal Government approved a Federal Constitution during a meeting in Mogadishu on Sunday. The document was discussed by the Cabinet ministers chaired by Prime Minister Omar Abdurashid Ali Sharmarke and later...
Tags: Federal Constitution, Abdi Haji Gobdon, Somalia, Mogadishu, Government of Somalia, Prime minister, Politics, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Transitional Federal Parliament, Transitional Federal Government, Politics of Somalia, Adan Mohamed Nuur Madobe
No peace for the peacekeepers in Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 9 days ago
Credibility In a khaki tent shielded by sandbags, four Ugandan officers are watching Black Hawk Down , the Hollywood account of the devastating ambush of US troops in the chaotic streets of Mogadishu. It's maybe not the ideal cinematic fare when you are a peacekeeper...
Tags: Coast of Somalia, Somalia, Mogadishu, Piracy in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, War Conflict, Piracy, Politics, International criminal law, Islamic Courts Union, Operation Atalanta, timeline of the War in Somalia, War in Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Divided regions, Islamist groups
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