Gunmen kill Somali judge who jailed pirates, insurgents (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they’ll see this message. Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern Somalia said on Thursday.

Somali pirates claim to have seized two more vessels (Mail and Guardian)
Somali pirates said on Wednesday they had hijacked a fishing vessel and another ship in the Indian Ocean believed to be carrying oil.

A passionate voice for refugees cause (Boston Globe)
When Halima Ali, a Somali working at a Boston refugee agency, learned that her own mother and her eight brothers and sisters had escaped Somalia s nightmarish civil war, but were languishing in a refugee camp in Kenya, she knew just who to turn to for help.

Somalia pirate couple: family call for release (Channel 4)
The family of a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates appeal for their release after Channel 4 News exclusively broadcast the first video of Paul and Rachel Chandler yesterday.

British hostages say Somali pirates are losing patience (Mail and Guardian)
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they’ll see this message. A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean said in afilm broadcast on Friday their captors were losing patience and that they feared they would be killed within a week.

Travers: It’s not Somalia, but it’s the same in many ways (Toronto Star)
R ick Hillier, one of the powerful figures at the epicentre of the prisoner torture storm, has a revealing quirk. Question what happened in Afghanistan under his command and the former chief of defence staff talks about what went so horribly wrong for Canada’s military in Somalia 16 years ago.

British pirate hostages fearing death (BigPond News)
A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates say they fear they could be killed within a week.

Ransomed Spanish crewmembers home (Gulf Times)
The 16 Spanish crewmembers of a tuna trawler held for more than a month by Somali pirates arrived in Madrid yesterday, the defence ministry said, as the skipper described being beaten during the ordeal.

Human Rights Watch: Join the World in Embracing Children’s Rights (The Huffington Post)
Only two countries in the world have failed to ratify The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Somalia and the United States, which drafted more of its provisions than any other government.

Pirate hostages fear they will be killed (Sky News Australia)
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they could be killed within a week.

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