africa.reuters.com - 11/16/2008
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents whipped 32 people in Somalia on Saturday after arresting them for taking part in a traditional dance in rebel-held territory south of the capital Mogadishu. Fighters enforcing a strict form of sharia law have been slowly advancing on the city, raising ...
timesonline.co.uk - 11/18/2008
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timesonline.co.uk —
THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands
on the high seas, has been told by the
Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights. Warships patrolling pirate-infested waters, such as those off Somalia, have been ...
(more)
Pirates can claim UK asylum
forbes.com - 11/19/2008
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forbes.com —
Somali pirates don't scare easily. Last month, they
hijacked a Ukrainian merchant vessel loaded with tanks, heavy
weapons and ammunition, and still haven't relinquished control of the freighter to the American and Russian navy ships that have besieged ...
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Somali Pirates At Sea
csmonitor.com - 11/19/2008
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Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/15/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Islamist Rebels Whip 32 Dancers in Somalia MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Islamist insurgents whipped 32 people in Somalia on Saturday after arresting them for taking part in a traditional dance in rebel-held territory south of the capital Mogadishu. Fighters enforcing a strict form of sharia law have been slowly advancing on the city, raising the stakes in their two-year rebellion and undermining fragile U.N.-brokered peace talks to end 17 years of chaos in the Horn of Africa nation. Last month, they ...
Armed, stoned Muslim supremicists vow to destroy... armed, stoned Muslim pirates
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... in Somalia’s port town of Harardhere looking for the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker
loaded with oil, Reuters reported. Islamist spokesman Sheikh Abdirahim Isse Adow said that “Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country and hijacking its ship is a bigger crime”
than hijacking other ships. A witness in Harardhere said four vehicles full of Islamists were driving around town saying that
“they will attack the pirates for hijacking a Muslim ship.” ...
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