Somali Arrested At Airport With Chemicals, Syringe

We are either witnessing copycat bombing highjacking of airplanes OR Al Qaeda operatives have unleased a string of  airplane terror attacks."MOGADISHU, Somalia — A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and...
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Somali Arrested At Airport With Chemicals, Syringe

We are either witnessing copycat bombing highjacking of airplanes OR Al Qaeda operatives have unleased a string of  airplane terror attacks."MOGADISHU, Somalia — A man tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month carrying powdered chemicals, liquid and...

The 10 Poorest Countries on this planet.

By, Uwe Paschen.The 10 Poorest countries on our planet today.  The Republic of Congo in central Africa is leading the way being the Poorest Country today with a GDP-per Capita of  $300.00, being...

A town united, brings Lindhout home for the holidays

"Back in Alberta, a transformed Amanda Lindhout thanks all who worked to end her Somalia ordeal" Only a few weeks after the release of Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan from their captivity in the hands of...

Somali Pirates turn to Capitalism

In Haradheere, the Somalian pirate lair on the Horn of Africa, gangs of pirates in the area have set up a stock market of sorts, open to both investor and criminal alike. That invested money, and sometimes...

7 Including ministers dead In Somalia at graduation ceremony

Reports from Somalian capital Mogadishu says that a minister is dead in bomb explosion. This incident took place during a graduation day ceremony. Latest reports say that two journalist are there amongst the dead. " A blast at a graduation ceremony in the Somali capital...

Russian Naval Power in Decline - mothballed Warships

Retired Adm. Vyacheslav Popov and Member of  Russia's Parliament's Upper House, has stated that the Russian Navy will be in dramatic decline after 2015.  Most Soviet-built ships will have to be...

SHIPS FIGHT BACK AGAINST PIRATES - New Anti-Piracy System

Recently, a maritime security company, IMSN, conducted system testing of a not-lethal Anti-Piracy System including safety drills with crewmembers onboard the Horizon, a US flagged container ship operator...

Cdn Jounalist Amanda Lindhout & Australian Nigel Brennan Released

Canadian Journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian Photo Journalist Nigel Brennan  have been released by their captors in Somalia.Both journalist have been in custody since August 2008. Reuters and CBC...

Somali woman stoned for adultery

"A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people." Is this a sign of the patriarchy hard at work? Or is it evidence of the age-old practice of ritually humiliating 'wayward...

Maersk Alabama Attacked by Somali Pirates- Again

The MV Maersk Alabama, sailing out of Norfolk, Virginia, was attacked once again by Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama was last attacked in April. The second attack on the Maersk Alabama was fought off by private security. Meanwhile, the pirates aboard the MV Theresa VIII are...

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...

The Truth about The Somali “Pirates”

The Truth about The Somali “Pirates” Be very wary of Western Media. My best college Professor told our class: “Half of what you read in the Newspaper is a lie”. Too which I said, “Well, then why don’t...

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...

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...

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