Residents: Islamist militias target Somali World Cup watchers
CNN International
Gunmen believed to be from a radical Islamist group shot two people dead and detained 10 others when raiding a house where people were watching a World Cup match Saturday night, according to eyewitnesses.

A member of one group later said the watching of the World Cup is anti-Islamic.

From Mike Mound, CNN Senior Pentagon Producer
April 13, 2010 -- Updated 2017 GMT (0417 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Five are suspected in attack on USS Nicholas off Africa on April 1
• It would be second time U.S. has brought in piracy suspects
• Men will be moved to U.S. base in Djibouti and then to Norfolk, Virginia

13 Apr 2010 14:25:00 GMT
Written by: Natasha Elkington

• Sex workers launch rights campaign after recent murders;
• New book gives unprecedented voice to marginalised group;
• New technology in the works to protect sex workers

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Al Jazeera
UPDATED ON:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
10:01 Mecca time, 07:01 GMT

The Economist
Middle East & Africa.
Somalia's civil war

The strongest Islamist militia is now formally linked to al-Qaeda
Feb 25th 2010 | NAIROBI | From The Economist print edition

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Somali man marries girl 95 years his junior - India Business Blog (blog)
A 112-year-old Somali man has married a 17-year-old girl in central Somalia.
The wedding took place in the village of Guriceel in central Somalia, one of the poorest countries in the world.

DAILYTECH
Science

Michael Barkoviak - October 26, 2009 7:48 AM

The U.S. military is using its UAVs to help try and reduce the number of pirate attacks

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Written by William Minter and Daniel Volman
Monday, 13 July 2009
Source: In These Times

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In October 2008, Human Rights Watch rated Somalia the most ignored tragedy in the world. Almost 1.5 million Somalis are internally displaced, and an additional half million are refugees. Two decades of instability, including a U.S.-backed intervention by Ethiopian troops in December 2006, have failed to put Somalia on the map.

Kenya's forgotten Somali refugee crisis
Published by Human Rights Watch

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DECEMBER 12, 2008 - WSJ
On the Lawless Seas, It's Not Easy Putting Somali Pirates in the Dock

By PAULO PRADA and ALEX ROTH

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In September, special forces in the Royal Danish Navy intercepted two Somali fishing boats in the Gulf of Aden and arrested 10 suspected pirates.