Deadliest clashes between Hamas and Gaza clan

Hamas-run security forces clashed with a powerful local family in Gaza City, Palestinian security officials said in which eleven peoples are killed on Tuesday in which another seven people were wounded, erupted when Hamas police moved to arrest members of the Doghmush clan...

Insurgents 'take key port' in Somalia

Without a functioning government since 1991, Somalia slides further into a Humanitarian crisis."Islamist insurgents in Somalia say they have taken control of the southern port of Kismayo amid fighting that has left dozens of people dead. A spokesman for al-Shabab, Mukhtar...

Somalia: Pirates demand $1M ransom for 4 Europeans

Somalian captors of  the German couple  & French boat captain have demanded a hefty $1 million ransom for releasing them.  Kidnappings have become a thriving business in Somalia. Highjackers have got huge ransom in the past. " A government minister says...

Definitive reference on Clan Feuding in Mindanao published

"Written by leading conflict resolution scholars and advocates, the book aims to dispel widely-held stereotypes. Indeed, rido is only one aspect in the complex web of violence in Mindanao, which also includes Muslim separatism, communist insurgency, and banditry. The...

Mel Gibson Becomes A Grand Father As Home Is Threatened By Inferno

"Mel Gibson has become a granddad. The Oscar winner's daughter Hannah had a baby, believed to be a boy. Hannah is the only daughter of Gibson and his wife, Robyn. The joyous event reportedly happened on the 10th of October, but so far there's no official word on whether it's...

SEO Scotland - The New Buzz Word!

"There seems to be a movement happening in Scotland right now and one I’m very proud to be part associated with - SEO (or to give its Sunday name - Search Engine Optimization). Our SEO Clan is extremely strong and without a doubt in charge of some of the best accounts...

A City of Refugees: Mogadishu Clashes Continue

The bitter fighting between Ethiopian troops and the fighters aligned with several Somali warlords is claiming more and more lives, as well as displacing more and more people."Ethiopia said on Saturday its troops backing Somali government forces killed nearly 1 000 insurgents...

Honor Killing in Pakistan

"Karachi, Jan. 3 - In a spine-chilling incident of honour killing, a couple were burnt alive in a Pakistan village in front of their children, a good 10 years after their marriage, police said today. Zahoor Ahmed and his wife Naseem were burnt alive in front of their four...

Somali Clan Leaders: Pragmatists Switch Sides

"Clan leaders in Somalia's capital are considering supporting government forces that are poised to clash with Islamic forces."According to this report, many clan and other subgroup leaders are trying desperately to avoid a full scale Somali- Ethiopian invasion of Mogadishu...

Keeping Russia's Deadly Politics at Home

"The murder of Alexender Litvinenko demonstrates, once again, how murder has become an accepted part of Russian power struggles. But the West can't — or won't — do much about it Murder is a firmly established tradition in Russian battles over money and power. So,...

Ibn Alrafidain [blog]

"The Son of The Two Rivers" writes about Iraq.