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Pissed Off China Sends Warships To Deter Somali Pirates
patdollard.com - 12/18/2008
Pissed Off China Sends Warships To Deter Somali Pirates
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Fox News: BEIJING — One day after a Chinese cargo ship’s crew used Molotov cocktails and water hoses to fight off an attempted pirate hijacking off the coast of Somalia, the Chinese navy announced it would send warships to the Gulf of Aden in their first major mission outside the ...
Questions That Are Too Hard for Me
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/18/2008
Questions That Are Too Hard for Me
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Kevin Drum raises the specter of the trade deficit: Maybe we really can’t worry too much about... this at the moment. But the trade deficit bubble is going to pop eventually just like the dotcom bubble and the housing bubble. We at least ... (more) Questions That Are Too Hard for Me

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Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad
usatoday.com - 12/19/2008
Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad
— usatoday.com — The Somali immigrant, who moved to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" when he was 8, had good... grades at the University of Minnesota and called Muslims to prayer at his mosque, where he also slept during the holy month of Ramadan. But on Nov. 1, Hassan ... (more) Somalis may be leaving Minn. for jihad

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nytimes.com - 12/20/2008
China Blocks Access to The Times’s Web Site
— nytimes.com — Authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times... even while lifting some of the restrictions they had imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets. > (more) China Blocks Access to The Times’s Web Site

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International Talk Like A Pirate Day — Jules Crittenden
The UN Security Council enacts an authorization to whack Somalia pirates in Somalia. AFP. The Pentagon raises concerns about "practical challenges." Like telling who is a pirate and who isn't. Meanwhile, the Chinese Navy is interested in getting in the game.