Somali

After 388 days, Somali pirates free British couple (AP)

November 15th, 2010

British sailors Paul and Rachel Chandler, left, talk with a local leader after the two were released from captivity on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in Adado town, Somalia. The British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations since the rash of piracy began off East Africa. Pirates boarded the Chandler's 38-foot yacht the night of Oct. 23, 2009, while sailing from the island nation of Seychelles. The couple, married for almost three decades, took early retirement about four years ago and were spending six-month spells at sea. (AP Photo)AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

Couple freed by Somali pirates ‘happy to be alive’ (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

Couple Rachel and Paul Chandler are seen at the Presidential palace in Mogadishu after their release by Somali pirates following more than a year in captivity. The Chandlers said they were AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

British couple released by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Released British hostage Rachel Chandler disembarks from a plane as she arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, November 14, 2010. REUTERS/Omar FarukReuters - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler on Sunday after holding them hostage for more than a year.


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Somali pirates free British couple (AFP)

November 14th, 2010

A woman watches video footage last year of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after they were kidnapped while sailing off the coast of Somalia. Pirates on Sunday freed the couple, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked a year ago.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Somali pirates on Sunday freed British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked off the idyllic shores of the Seychelles…

Hostage shot dead by Somali pirates (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates…

Somali parliament approves new prime minister (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - Somali legislators approved the appointment of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Sunday, voting overwhelmingly for the president’s nominee.

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Feud: Somali militant group al-Shabab could split (AP)

October 8th, 2010

AP - Analysts and militants say that Somalia’s most powerful militant group is teetering on the brink of a major split because of a rift between its top two leaders

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AP Interview: Interpol head warns of Somali threat (AP)

September 30th, 2010

Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble listens during an Interpol - EU Symposium entitled 'The External Dimension of EU Police Co-operation  in West African Countries. Towards Global and Integrated International Policing.' held at the Solvay Library in Brussels Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/ Thierry Charlier)AP - Somalia and other African nations could soon pose more of a terrorist threat than Afghanistan, Interpol’s secretary general warned Thursday.


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Suicide bomber attacks Somali hotel, killing 32 (AP)

August 24th, 2010

A nurse at Medina hospital treats a wounded civilian,at Medina hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. after he was wounded by mortar shrapnel during fighting between Somali insurgents and African Union troops. A suicide bomber and gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people including members of parliament in an attack that set off an hour-long gun battle, a military spokesman and a witness said. (AP Photo/ Mohamed Sheikh Nor)AP - A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace Monday, sparking a one-hour gun battle with security forces. At least 32 people…

Somali pirates leave hijacked ship after 1 day (AP)

August 7th, 2010

AP - The European Union’s anti-piracy task force says Somali pirates have left a cargo ship a day after they hijacked it.

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