Oct
27

Somalia – British couple missing off coast of Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News)

British couple missing off coast of Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Britain’s Foreign Office says searches are under way for a British couple missing after their yacht activated a distress beacon off Somalia.

British couple missing off coast of Somalia (Boston Herald)
LONDON – Britain’s Foreign Office says searches are under way for a British couple missing after their yacht activated a distress beacon off Somalia. The U.K. Maritime…

Japan may refuel anti-piracy ships off Somalia (AsiaOne)
TOKYO – Japan may send a naval refuelling mission now backing the NATO-led Afghan campaign to support anti-piracy efforts off Somalia next year, the defence minister said Tuesday.

Warships search for missing British couple; Somali resident says pirates are holding them (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A British couple that set sail in a yacht from the island nation of Seychelles have likely been hijacked by Somali pirates in the waters off East Africa, a coast guard official said Tuesday.

Two Britons Hijacked by Pirates Off Coast of Somalia (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) — A search has been launched for a British couple who were hijacked by pirates while traveling on a yacht off the coast of Somalia , a piracy monitoring group said.

Pirate attacks in seas around Somalia (Independent)
The increasing frequency of pirate attacks has seen cruise ships and supertankers targeted in the seas around Somalia.

Suspected pirate’s odyssey leads from Somalia to Spain – Feature (EARTHtimes.org)
Madrid – A young Somali man has become the main character in a Spanish judicial drama featuring pirates, fishermen, baffled judges and a desperate mother. The suspected pirate was flow…

British couple missing off coast of Somalia (MalaysiaNews.net)
LONDON — Britain’s Foreign Office says searches are under way for a British couple missing after their yacht activated a distress beacon off Somalia.The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency says Paul…

Rapists, hunger and hyenas stalk displaced Somali women (AsiaOne)
AFRICA – Hyenas, rape, kidnappings – there is no shortage of dangers for women in the grim refugee camps of northern Somalia.

Rapists, hunger and hyenas stalk displaced Somali women (Dawn)
Without men the women are constantly at risk of attack. They have to pay for guards at night. Photo by AFP GALKAYO, Somalia: Hyenas, rape, kidnappings there is no shortage of dangers for women in the grim refugee camps of northern Somalia.

British couple feared kidnapped by pirates off Somalia (Daily Telegraph)
A British couple are feared to have been kidnapped by pirates after a distress beacon was activated on their yacht off the coast of Somalia.