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13.02.2009, 13:32
Russian heavy missile cruiser Peter the Great has stopped three small pirate ships off the coast of Somalia. Ten pirates – all of them Somali citizens – have been detained.
13.02.2009, 12:19
The crew of the Ukrainian ship Faina that had been hijacked by Somali pirates for more than four months has landed in Kiev airport. President Viktor Yushchenko has greeted the crew personally.
20.01.2009, 10:51
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The world is holding its breath that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds. However, the casualties in Gaza pale in comparison to the numbers killed in Africa’s many wars – many of which go unreported.
17.12.2008, 21:44
A U.S. businesswoman with links to intelligence and the military has become a modern day Lawrence of Arabia. Conducting talks with the Somali pirates has made Michele Lynn Ballarin an ‘international woman of mystery’.
09.12.2008, 18:50
Pirates operating off the Somali coast are about to receive another US$3.5 million ransom for the release of the Ukrainian freighter Faina. That will bring their total haul to some US$40 million so far this year. But doe
30.07.2009, 18:50
There is a bloody war along the US border. Concerns are growing that the cocaine trade in West Africa could give cartels the strength to push their violence across to American soil and expand their networks.
29.04.2009, 17:23
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A Russian destroyer has captured a boat containing 29 suspected Somali pirates. The group is thought to have carried out two attacks on a Russian tanker on Tuesday, April 28, but was repelled by the crew.
23.07.2010, 16:04
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As Moscow expresses its outrage at the detention of a Russian pilot in Liberia and his extradition to the US, Washington has apologized for failing to promptly provide notice about the details of the case.
30.07.2010, 12:09
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The pilot of an Mi-8 Russian helicopter with nine people on board, which was hijacked in Darfur on Monday, is now at the UN mission in the Sudanese province.
12.10.2010, 12:41
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The UN Human Rights Council has ruled that a Belarusian opposition politician was a victim of political repression.
Published: 16 March, 2009, 15:57
The UN is doing everything possible to release four of its staff abducted in southern Somalia on Monday, says the statement issued by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
