The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today called on the Security Council to take “concrete” steps to help bring stability to the strife-torn nation, stressing that the support of the international community is more important now than ever.
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In May, 778,700 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 65,600, or 9.2%, from a month earlier, with Alberta and Ontario showing the fastest rates of increase. This rise followed an increase of 3.7% in April.
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Marking a quantum leap in India’s shipbuilding capabilities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched Sunday the country’s first localy designed and built nuclear-powered attack submarine in Visakhapatnam, an official said.
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Today in the morning Mrs. Suaad Hagi Mohamud was at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi/Kenya subjected to a DNA test by a swap from her mouth.
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Norway is to send two frigates to join the European Union's anti-piracy mission in Somalia, and Croatia is also set to send ships, the EU's top diplomat said Monday, according to AfricaNews.
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The relatives of the Romanian sailors on T/B BUCCANEER have launched an appeal through the chief editor of LiberoReporter - an Italian newspapers, which regularly covered the plight of the vessel and crew held in Somalia.
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Universal Society of Hinduism president, Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Roma people in Czech Republic reportedly faced violent attacks, stereotyping, racism, prejudice, growing gap between Roma and other Czechs, fear, beatings, poor quality housing, systemic employment and overall discrimination, persecution, throwing of Molotov cocktails, social exclusion, segregated schools, forced sterilization, marginalization; refused service at restaurants, stores, discos, etc.; municipalities/towns failing to support them; and the state being unwilling or unable to offer protection.
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Russian military ships will not be involved in anti-piracy operations under the command of NATO or the European Union, Russia's permanent envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday, according to RIANovosti.
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The Commander of Iran's Navy Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says Iran has managed to halt the activity of pirates in the Indian Ocean.
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The navy commandos, aided by a helicopter, raided a skiff as the pirates on board were about to launch an attack on a ship, the military said in a statement. Commandos raided the skiff Friday morning allegedly upon a request to block it before it could attack a ship.
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