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• Somalia: French tourists captors demand $1, 4-million ransom
  2008-09-10 05:08:50 - (SomaliNet) A maritime group said on Wednesday that pirates who kidnapped two French tourists a week ago are holding them in northern Somalia and are demanding a $1,4-million ransom and the release of
  
• Somalia: Somali residents of Bardale town flee amid fears of fighting
  2008-09-10 02:30:28 - (SomaliNet) Most of Somali residents of Bardale town, Bay region south-western Somalia have now fled after clashes between Ethiopian forces and Somali Islamist fighters. Media reports say at le
  
• Somalia: Malaysia deploys 3 navy vessels to Gulf of Aden to protect its merchant ships
  2008-09-05 02:57:38 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to protect its merchant ships following a sharp surge in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia Malaysia is dispatching three navy vessels to the Gulf of Aden, an official sa
  
• Somalia: Pirates demand \'ransom\' for French boat
  2008-09-05 02:36:20 - (SomaliNet) Somali pirates who seized a French yacht and kidnapped two French nationals were demanding a \"ransom\" of more than one million dollars to release the vessel, A maritime official said on Th
  
• Somalia: Pirates hijack another vessel
  2008-09-05 01:21:15 - (SomaliNet) A government official said on Thursday Somali pirates had hijacked yet another ship and were taking it and a French yacht with two French nationals on board to their remote coastal base.
  
• Somalia: Bombs kill dozens of Ethiopian troops in Somali capital
  2008-09-01 09:03:06 - (SomaliNet) Dozens of Ethiopian troops were killed and many others injured when heavy explosions rattled the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported on Monday that
  
• Somalia: Pirates fail to seize Japanese ship off Somalia- maritime watchdog
  2008-08-30 03:26:55 - (SomaliNet) An international maritime watchdog report said pirates failed to seize a Japanese ship off Somalia after four successful attempts. The attempted hijack comes just days after pirates s
  
• Somalia: Insurgency in Somalia fueling piracy, threatens waterways
  2008-08-30 03:15:35 - (SomaliNet) Experts say rapidly spreading lawlessness as Somalia collapses in the worst fighting for two nearly decades is fuelling a wave of piracy that increasingly threatens one of the world\'s mos
  
• Somalia: Somali insurgents welcome Ethiopia\'s hint to withdraw troops from Somalia
  2008-08-30 03:10:44 - (SomaliNet) Spokesman for Somali insurgents said on Friday that the Somali group welcomed Ethiopia\'s hint that it will withdraw its troops from Somalia even before the current Somali interim governmen
  
• Somalia: 3 Indians in hijacked ship off Somalia reportedly safe
  2008-08-30 03:07:02 - (SomaliNet) The Directorate General of Shipping said the three Indians on board a hijacked ship on the Red Sea are reported to be safe. DG Shipping said in a statement on Friday that the hijacke
  

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