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(Photo: US Navy / Lt.j.g. Joe Donahue)Somalia Headlines Oct. 14, 2008
Merchant vessel Golden Nori transits under the escort of the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) in the Gulf of Aden following its release from Somalia-based pirates...Full Story

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The future of high tech
| Silicon Valley, Ca - News that the stock market made a monster rebound had people at Silicon Valley jumping up and down with glee since the value of their stocks skyrocketed. Those who bought blue chip stocks despite the slump in the previous weeks raked in hefty prof...Full Story
Somali pirates drop threat, resume negotiations
| NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid and said Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original US$20 million ransom demand appe...Full Story
Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid, and said Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original US$20 million ransom demand appears to ...Full Story
Survivor of U-boat attack is laid to rest in sunken battleship in which 800 of ...
| A war veteran who survived a terrifying U-boat attack that killed more than 800 has had his dying wish granted as his ashes were laid to rest in the sunken ship. | Royal Navy divers placed the wooden casket containing the remains of Flight Sergeant Fernleigh Judge in ...Full Story
MICHAEL POCALYKO: Remembering Oct. 23, 1983
Twenty-five years ago, at sunrise on Oct. 23, 1983, at 6:22 a.m., a yellow Mercedes truck with a driver and a passenger circled the parking lot adjacent to the headquarters of the Multi-National Force in Lebanon, a four-story reinforced concrete building at the Beirut I...Full Story
Pirates have a change of heart
| By Malkhadir M Muhumed | Nairobi, Kenya - Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid, and said on Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original $20-milli...Full Story
New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier
WAVY-TV | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) -- Marine aviators at the Air Station in Beaufort are getting a chance to use a renovated runway with special lights that simulate landing on an aircraft carrier. | The air station's 12,000-foot main runway opens We...Full Story
New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier
The Associated Press | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. -- | Marine aviators at the Air Station in Beaufort are getting a chance to use a renovated runway with special lights that simulate landing on an aircraft carrier. | The air station's 12,000-foot main runwa...Full Story
EU eyes December launch for Somalia anti-piracy force
| BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to launch a planned air and naval force in December to combat piracy threatening sea lanes off Somalia, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Tuesday. | Piracy has soared off the coast of Somalia, with at least 30 ships hija...Full Story
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Somali pirates drop threat, resume negotiations
Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship
Survivor of U-boat attack is laid to rest in sunken battleship in which 800 of ...
MICHAEL POCALYKO: Remembering Oct. 23, 1983
Pirates have a change of heart
New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier
New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier
EU eyes December launch for Somalia anti-piracy force
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Wed 15 Oct 2008
U.S. brings Iraq prison camp out of legal black hole
The Star | CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (Reuters) - In the visiting hall of the U.S. prison camp, Delal Hashem, 25, sat opposite her husband Abbas Daoud Salman with the children she had brought to see him for the first time since he was captured 14 months ago. U.S. soldi...
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Yahoo Daily News | By Peter Graff 2 hours, 36 minutes ago | CAMP BUCCA, Iraq (Reuters) - In the visiting hall of the U.S. prison camp, Delal Hashem, 25, sat opposite her husband Abbas Daoud Salman with the children she had brought to see him for the first time since ...
EU eyes December launch for Somalia anti-piracy force -
Yahoo Daily News | 1 hour, 7 minutes ago | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to launch a planned air and naval force in December to combat piracy threatening sea lanes off Somalia, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Tuesday. | Piracy has soared off the c...
‘Navy capable of deploying strategic weapons’
Dawn | By Shamim-ur-Rehman | KARACHI, Oct 14: Chief of Staff of Pakistan Navy Vice-Admiral Asif Humayun has said that navy is fully capable of deploying strategic weapons on the sea, if and when the government takes such a decision. | Speaking at a worksh...
Muslim scientist wants security case reviewed
MSNBC Feds say man lost job, security clearance because he was a threatThe Associated Press | PITTSBURGH - An Egyptian-born Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclear warship components plant deserves an administrative hearin...
U.S. brings Iraq prison camp out of legal black hole, scramble to meet deadline to ...
Canada Dot Com Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | CAMP BUCCA, Iraq - In the visiting hall of the U.S. prison camp, Delal Hashem, 25, sat opposite her husband Abbas Daoud Salman with the children she had brought to see him for the first time since he was captur...
Muslim fired from nuclear warship job seeks review
The Guardian | %2(%%xhl(%2(Muslim fired from nuclear warship job asks judge to force review of Energy Department decision%%xhl) | By JOE MANDAK | Associated Press Writer= PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclea...
Joint RP-US military exercise starts at Clark
Manila Bulletin An estimated 4,000 Filipino and American soldiers will gather today at Clark Field in Pampanga for the opening ceremonies of the annual Talon Vision and Amphibious Landing Exercises, a bilateral military training between the Philippines and the Unite...
The separate peace of John and Carol
The Providence Journal | In early 1980, John McCain was a man in transition - and in a hurry. | Nine months earlier, at a cocktail reception in Hawaii, he met a glamorous young heiress named Cindy Lou Hensley and, by all accounts, fell instantly in love. McCain spent month...
Royal Navy will tackle pirate scourge
The Times | The Royal Navy is to be given the power to seize and arrest suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden under new emergency legislation, senior defence sources have disclosed. | The the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is talking to the Government of Soma...
Ship held by pirates freed in gun battle
Sydney Morning Herald | Soldiers of a regional government, with guns blazing, have freed a cargo ship that pirates had held off the Somali coast for five days, according to an official from the region. | The ship and the 11 crew members - nine Syrians and two Somalis - we...
Tue 14 Oct 2008
Seattle Times: Congress hides $3.5B in earmarks
The Examiner Comments SEATTLE (Map, News) - A year ago, Congress passed new ethics rules requiring lawmakers, for the first time, to disclose their earmarks - federal dollars they were quietly doling out as favors. But time after time, Congress exploited loophole...
Muslim fired from nuclear warship job seeks review
The Examiner Comments PITTSBURGH (Map, News) - A Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclear warship components plant deserves an administrative hearing to learn more about why he was fired and to ensure Department of Energy regulati...
Muslim fired from nuclear warship job seeks review
Lexington Herald-Leader | PITTSBURGH -- | A Muslim scientist who lost his security clearance and his job at a nuclear warship components plant deserves an administrative hearing to learn more about why he was fired and to ensure Department of Energy regulations were followe...
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