Drones protect ships in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy. Three ships have been seized in a week off Africa s la...
 1.4K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 278.0 Drones protect ships in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy. Three ships have been seized in a week off Africa s la...
1.4K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 278.0 Shelling in Somali capital kills 20
MOGADISHU, Somalia Islamic insurgents fired mortars at Somalia s airport as the president was boarding a plane today, sparking battles that killed at least 20 people as return fire slammed into residential areas and a market, officials said. The pr...
3.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 531.0 War briefing might look at troop increases
WASHINGTON The latest in a series of top-level White House meetings about the war in Afghanistan could provide a venue for the first discussion of the troop request submitted by the U.S. commander there. The fourth of five sessions is scheduled thi...
5.3K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 69.0 Obama wins peace prize
OSLO (AP) President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize today in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilater...
11.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 69.0 Obama weighs Pakistan s role in war
WASHINGTON Recognizing the U.S. can neither win in Afghanistan nor succeed more broadly against al-Qaida without Pakistan s cooperation, President Barack Obama s war council is weighing a new role for Pakistan in the eight-year-old struggle in the ...
4.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 278.0 U.N. chief urges leaders to change
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders today to cleanse the globe of nuclear weapons, tackle the threat of catastrophic climate change and combat growing poverty from the global financial crisis. The U.N. chief w...
5.8K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 69.0 Attacks reduce al-Qaida s core leadership
LONDON Recent targeted attacks that killed militants in Somalia, Indonesia and Pakistan have chipped away at al-Qaida s power base, sapping the terror network of key leaders and experienced operatives who train recruits and wage attacks. Intelligen...
5.2K - Sep. 19, 2009; scored 195.0 Somalia insurgents vow to avenge raid
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) U.S. special forces aboard helicopters penetrated into Somalia and, guns blazing, attacked a convoy said to contain a top al-Qaida fugitive. A local official, citing intelligence reports, confirmed on Tuesday the target was ...
3.1K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 1000.0 Somali Islamists cut off two men's hands in captial
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) A spokesman says a Somali Islamic court has cut off the hands of two men accused of theft and lashed another accused of rape. Al-Shabab militia spokesman Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage says the men had admitted the charges against t...
0.8K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 139.0 Russian search for ship grows
MOSCOW (AP) The disappearance of a Russian-manned cargo ship in the Atlantic more than two weeks ago spawned a variety of theories and intriguing reports today as the search drew in investigators from across Europe. Russia had naval vessels and sat...
5.8K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 69.0 Russia confirms subs near U.S. coast
MOSCOW (AP) A senior Russian military official said today that Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines spotted off the U.S. East Coast were on a legitimate training mission. U.S. defense officials said Tuesday that two Russian submarines had been...
2.6K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 69.0 Plot on army base foiled
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australian police said today they thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire with automatic weapons until they were s...
5.3K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 139.0 Turkish commandos capture five pirates off Somalia coast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Turkish commandos captured five pirates in the Gulf of Aden today as part of an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, the military said. Navy commandos aboard the Turkish frigate TCG Gediz, part of a NAT...
4.7K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 359.0 No one feels safe in Zimbabwe
The BBC s Mike Thomson, in a series of reports from Zimbabwe in early June, spoke to a Zimbabwean mother and (13-year-old) daughter who are still too afraid to return home after being abducted and repeatedly raped by militiamen from President Robert...
3.9K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 69.0 Global piracy: the hidden side
ISTANBUL While Somali pirates top headlines with brazen ship hijackings for ransom, many smaller-scale attacks in the world s oceans maritime muggings, essentially go unreported, depriving mariners of information about possible threats to their...
5.9K - Jul. 7, 2009; scored 110.0 Somalia bombing kills 20, security minister
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A suicide bombing in western Somalia killed at least 20 people Thursday including the national security minister. The Somali president blamed al-Qaida while an extremist group with alleged links to the terror network claimed...
3.0K - Jun. 18, 2009; scored 975.0 Mogadishu police chief among 17 killed in clashes
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somali government forces attacked rebel strongholds in Mogadishu on Wednesday, triggering battles that killed at least 17 people, including the capital's police chief, witnesses and officials said. Residents cowered in their...
1.8K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 278.0 Interpol compiling Somali piracy suspect database
NAIROBI, Kenya - Interpol is compiling a database of fingerprints, photographs and other personal information on Somali pirate suspects to help fight piracy at sea, the agency said Wednesday. The information can be accessed by any of the agency's 187...
2.4K - Jun. 17, 2009; scored 462.0 Companies hire shipriders against pirates
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) There s not a warship for miles, a small pirate skiff is speeding toward you and there s no way the creaking tub you re on can outrun the bandits. How long do you wait before you shoot? It s just one of many possible dilemmas fa...
7.2K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 462.0 | 
