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Somalian People are Hungry but Suspicious and Aggressive
09:48 05.01.2010 |
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The U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) has suspended its work in much of southern Somalia due to threats against its staff and unacceptable demands by al Shabaab rebels controlling the area.
British Yacht May be Punished for Entering the Waters of Iran
07:58 01.12.2009 |
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Iran warned on Tuesday that it will take strong action against five British sailors detained by the Iranian navy after their racing yacht was stopped last week in the Persian Gulf if it is proven they had "bad intentions."
Somali pirates Demand Huge Ransom For British Hostages
08:29 31.10.2009 |
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Somali pirates demanded $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht they hijacked off the coast of Africa.
US military launches major offensive in hunt for insurgents in western Iraq
12:50 17.06.2005 |
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The U.S. military launched a major offensive Friday with 1,000 Marines and Iraqi soldiers to hunt for insurgents and foreign fighters in a volatile western province straddling Syria
U.S. helicopter shot down, two soldiers killed; government prepares massive show of force in Baghdad
09:58 27.05.2005 |
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Two U.S. soldiers were killed when their helicopter was shot down and crashed in central Iraq, the military said Friday, as the government prepared to ring Baghdad with tens of thousands of security forces to curb the rampant insurgency.
U.S. and Iraqi troops detain about 300 suspects in Abu Ghraib offensive
08:01 23.05.2005 |
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Almost 300 suspected insurgents were detained overnight in the largest joint U.S.-Iraqi military offensive in Baghdad, the military said Monday.
Veterans mark anniversary of meeting on Elbe
08:01 25.04.2005 |
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Two U.S. veterans of World War II laid flowers Monday at a Moscow monument commemorating the meeting of Soviet and American forces at the Elbe River 60 years ago, in the first linkup of the allies who were poised on the threshold of victory over the Nazis.
