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Facing the Law

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:45:46 -0800

Not So Lucky this time

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:39:26 -0800

Eight Somali pirates sit at the Kenya Ports Authority Port Police station, in Mombasa, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, where they are being held after being handed over to the Kenyan authorities by the Royal Navy. The eight pirates were arrested, and three others killed, by sailors of HMS Cumberland, as they attempted to hijack a cargo ship off the Horn of Africa. The pirates will be charged in a Mombasa court

'Change has come to America'

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:27:13 -0800

"America's First Black President". President Obama's election as America's first black president will be an inspiration to a new generation

ex_slave wins land mark case

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:16:20 -0700

Hadijatou Mani says she wants to ensure her children's freedom. A West African court has found Niger's government guilty of failing to protect a woman from slavery in a landmark case for the region.

hinah

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:52:32 -0700

Indian Muslim devotees offer Eid prayers on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival at the 153-year-old Khir-u-Din mosque in Amritsar on October 2, 2008.

Pirate's suprising Booty!!

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:28:20 -0700

T-72 armored tanks maneuver during a military drill. Russia's navy dispatched a warship to Somalia's coast Friday, a day after pirates seize

Big Bang theory put to the test

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:36:01 -0700

The world's most powerful atom-smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), began operations on Wednesday in a mission to pierce the greatest secrets of the physical Universe.

Al-Qaeda in Somalia

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:07:41 -0700

“Al Qaeda is the mother of the holy war in Somalia,” says Muktar Robow, front, a commander of the Shabab militia in Somalia, pictured at an Islamist training camp outside Mogadishu in 2006. “Most of our leaders were trained in Al Qaeda camps.”

all eyes on China

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:49:58 -0700

Fireworks light up the National Stadium in Beijing during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The 29th Olympic Games, costing an estimated 40 billion dollars and shrouded by political controversies, burst into life with a spectacular opening ceremony

What have they done?

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:39:52 -0700

What have they done to deserve this? The best and most patriotic,but helpless women are murdered in a cold blood but some somalis cheer! Thi

Raaso Hospital

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:43:16 -0700

Raaso Hospital under construction. The hospital is scheduled to be opened early next year.Once completed, it will be the second largest hospital in the Somali region of Ethiopia with two hundred beds,laboratory, and its own ambulances.

Drought in the Somali regional State.

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:26:40 -0700

By the end of May 2008, millions faced hunger in the Somali region of Ethiopia as crops failed and food prices soared.Two successive seasons of poor rains left the region in drought, and the effect on vegetation is shown in this Satelite image on may 20.

mars mission

Sun, 25 May 2008 23:40:46 -0700

Nasa's Phoenix Mars lander touched down on the Red Planet early this morning, in a mission that may yield evidence of primitive life amid th

The Bin Ladens

Sun, 25 May 2008 02:59:58 -0700

Members of the bin Laden family vacation in Sweden in 1971. Osama bin Laden did not make the trip

angry south african mob

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:30:43 -0700

A mob, armed with hand carved weapons in a squatter settlement in Reiger Park, south of Johannesburg, Sunday May 18, 2008. Mobs went on the rampage in a frenzy of anti-foreigner hatred throughout poor suburbs with at least seven people reported dead. Dozens were injured and hundreds sought refuge at police stations