World Powers Team Up to Tackle Somalia’s Pirate Problem (Fox News)
World powers including the U.S., Russia and China are teaming up at sea to tackle the pirates plaguing Somalia’s lawless coast, as a sharp increase in attacks has forced nations who may be rivals on land to make unlikely alliances.
Ship was carrying arms, says Somali official (Independent Online)
A ship seized by Somali pirates at the weekend was carrying weapons, an official in Somalia’s transitional government has said.
News Africa (Aljazeera)
Somaliland’s disputed independence has left hundreds of Somalis ineligible for UN aid and unrecognised by Somaliland’s government. Hundreds of Somalis fled recent fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, taking shelter in the relative safety of Somaliland.
My Word: Our future: Should we be like Norway or Somalia? (Berkeley Voice – Albany Journal)
My Word: Our future: Should we be like Norway or Somalia?
US man sues FBI agents over detention in Somalia, Ethiopia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A US citizen who alleges he was illegally detained and interrogated in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia has filed a lawsuit seeking compensation from the FBI agents he says were responsible for his ordeal.
Somali pirates hijack two more ships (AsiaOne)
MOGADISHU – Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat and a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying chemicals in the latest attacks of a growing maritime crime wave, the gunmen and officials said on Wednesday.
