BOSASSO, Somalia, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates have agreed to release a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after successful negotiations between the hijackers, local elders and a Yemeni official, a local official said Monday. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Ethiopia said on Friday it would withdraw its troops from Somalia by the end of this year, piling pressure on Somalia's feuding government and African nations that had promised to send peacekeepers. ... > full story
BOSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali security forces will storm a hijacked Yemeni cargo ship if the pirates holding it refuse to free it without a ransom, a minister in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland region said on Wednesday. ... > full story
BHOPAL, India, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — To grasp the obstacles the ruling Congress party faces in retaining power in India next year, look no further than M.M. Khan. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — The death toll from floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 17 and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless, the government said Friday. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Rampant piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes of oil and other goods on a longer journey around southern Africa, industry officials said on Thursday. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — A river in Ethiopia's highlands burst its banks after heavy rains, killing 11 people and stranding hundreds more, the state news agency said on Monday. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 12, 2008 (Reuters) — Somalia's militant Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab captured a port near the capital on Wednesday without firing a shot. ... > full story
MOGADHISHU, Nov. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Somalis expressed hope on Thursday that Barack Obama's election to the U.S. presidency would help end anarchy in the Horn of Africa nation which Washington views as an important front in its 'war on terror'. ... > full story
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Indian warship fights off pirates Dec. 1, 2008 (IOL, South Africa) — New Dehli - An Indian warship on Tuesday prevented two merchant vessels from being hijacked by heavily armed pirates in the Gulf of Aden and ...
Indian navy sank Thai trawler, not pirate ship Nov. 26, 2008 (ThisIsLondon.co.uk) — THE PIRATE "mother ship" sunk last week by the Indian navy was a Thai fishing trawler that had been seized hours earlier by pirates, it emerged ...
Somali Pirates' Successful Business Model Nov. 22, 2008 (TMCnet.com) — C, The Somali pirates are growing their business - expanding their area of operation, managing public relations, reinvesting in the enterprise - ...
Indian Navy Sinks Suspected Pirate "Mother"Ship Nov. 20, 2008 (ABC 10 Sacramento (KXTV)) — Officials say it's a rare victory in a sea war against Somalia-based pirates who've become increasingly more violent. . . An Indian navy frigate ...
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