Ahmed Muhamed Dore, a 112-year-old Somali Man, Marries A Teenager

Ahmed Muhamed Dore, a 112-year-old man from Somalia married a 17-year-old woman Safia Abdulleh, who is junior to him by a whopping 95 years. Dore says their love is mutual and that he still wants to have children with his teenage wife. Dore has over a 100 children and...

Hunger stalks record 1 billion

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Ever wonder which countries seem to have the largest percentage of starving masses?  Ever wonder which countries which have starving masses seem to get the lions share of international food aid?  Ever wonder which of these countries is a...

The Journey or the Destination, Which is More Important- My Story

What motivates us to get out of bed in the morning? Is it a matter of survival or is there more to it? Perhaps the dream of a brighter day? Surely, it can't be to open up the newspaper or the TV and hear yet more...

Clinton - Somalia : Obama - Afghanistan

Remember when President Bush was accused of manipulating intelligence tofurther his political agenda by the left? Seems we have a smoking gun in regards to a recent development in theObama Administration claim that...

French agent kidnapped in Somalia escapes

A French security agent was kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month and escaped killing 3 of his captors. "Farhan Asanyo, a Somali military officer, told The Associated Press that the man came up to...

Waterproof Rice Gene Discovered

Waterproof rice gene identified Rice is the staple food for more than three billion people Scientists say they have identified a gene that will allow rice plants to survive being completely submerged in water for up to two weeks. Most rice...

No excuse for anti-Tamil policies

National Post, a new paper that was "broadly sympathetic to the Sri Lankan government's goal of confronting and subduing the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", posted an opinion that "there is no excuse for anti-Tamil policies. "Sri Lanka must now be judged by the...

Jamal Bana Death Photos Online: How Parents Knew He Had Died

In what can only be described as a heartbreaking tale of loss and grief, the parents of Minneapolis young man Jamal Bana first learned of his death when a photo of him was posted on a Somalia website - with a gunshot wound through his skull. Abayte Ahmed and her husband,...

Responsibility to Protect - Ambassador Rice

In her statement made at the Ambassador Susan E. Rice at the International Peace Institute Vienna Seminar, June 15, 2009, she stated the willingness of USA to work with the international community ending...

Amanda Lindhout, Freelance Journalist, fears dying in Captivity

A woman, claiming to be a Canadian freelance journalist from Alberta, called the CTV National Newsroom today.  She appeared to be reading from a prepared statement.  In the statement she said that she...

Cruise ship fends off pirates

Pirates got more than they bargained for when they attacked the Italian cruiseship, Melody.  What are believed to be Somali pirates attacked a cruise ship headed to the Mediterranean on Saturday.  They...

Dutch Navy raid pirate 'main' ship & release 20 captive

Reports are breaking within all the media ranks that the Dutch navy have attacked the 'main' ship used by the pirates who have been attacking commercial vessels. They captured 7 pirates but under Dutch law and...

Calming the Raging Seas

The seas off the coast of Somalia are raging these days, but not because of inclement weather. Pirating is becoming a big problem; last week’s standoff between the U.S. Navy and the Somalia pirates made international news, but it wasn’t the beginning of the pirating...

Bring back private pirate hunters: U.S. lawmaker

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Ohh an "Arms Race" between Privateers and Pirates.  Imagine if you will a cargo ship with Carte "Marque" Blanche and armed with surface to surface missiles and indiscriminately blowing up...

Ron Paul Wants US Privateers to Hunt Pirates

Republican senator Ron Paul and security experts have a solution for the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia - letters of marque. Originally issued hundreds of years ago to privateers who would hunt pirates, security experts say it could be used to find and defend against...

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