Somalia – Australian meets mother after Somalia ordeal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Australian meets mother after Somalia ordeal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Australian photojournalist kidnapped and tortured in Somalia has held an emotional reunion with his mother in Kenya, in which the pair “just hugged and hugged”, a report said Sunday.
Iranian Navy will fight piracy off coast of Somalia (Press TV)
The commander of the Iranian Navy says that the country’s naval forces will even chase Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, if necessary.
Somalia: Inhuman Practices and Stonings Must End (Scoop.co.nz)
An independent United Nations human rights expert today condemned the series of stonings that have been taking place in Somalia, and called for an urgent end to such “cruel, inhuman and degrading” practices.
Pirates seize Greek vessel off eastern Somalia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
A Greek vessel with 28 crew members on board has been hijacked off Somalia’s east coast, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
For Novice Journalists, Rising Risks in Conflict Zones (New York Times)
Two freelancers, who were kidnapped for 15 months, went to Somalia with fewer resources than their counterparts from major news organizations.
Risks on the rise for reporters (The Australian)
AN Australian hostage has been freed in Somalia, but others have not been so lucky.
Somali training camps fuel threat of attacks on US (3news)
The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
World Somali training camps fuel threat of attacks on U.S. (Japan Today)
The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Barack Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs,
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