vg.no - 23 days ago
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To personer ble drept da den norske fregatten KNM Fritjof Nansen havnet i skuddveksling med ukjente fart y s ndag. Landsbyleder Hareed Issa Omar i landsbyen Caluula, ogs kjent som Alula, forteller til nyhetsbyr et AP at de to mennene var fiskere, og ikke pirater. Den ene skal ha v rt somalier, ...
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... also came to the fore: the role of Islamic finance, a fast-developing sector of the global banking industry that has remained remarkably resilient through the slowdown. With the value of assets in Islamic banks now close to $1 trillion and the industry growing at an estimated annual rate of 15 to 20 percent, business students are increasingly eager to cash in. Universities are increasingly offering new postgraduate programs in Islamic finance to help them do it.Norwegian army kills innocent fishermen From Norwegian: Somalis ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/4/2009
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... Somalia: Norwegian Army Kills Innocent Fishermen From Norwegian: Somalis accuse Norwegian soldiers of killing two fishermen off the coast of Somalia. The Norwegians claim they were fired upon first. One fisherman was Somali, the other from Yemen. Three others were wounded in the incident. ...
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