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...

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,...