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...
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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...

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...

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 followed by...

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...

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