Noting that India is now a key player globally, a top American admiral said that a strong and positive relationship with New Delhi is key to secure long-term US interest in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region.
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London - Ships of NATO’s Standing Maritime Group 2 have been busy conducting essential escorting of vulnerable shipping in the Gulf of Aden.
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Consumer prices fell 0.3% in June compared with June 2008, following a 0.1% increase in May. It was the first 12-month decline in the all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI) since November 1994.
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Travel from overseas countries declined 7.8% from April as 342,000 trips were taken to Canada. In May, 11 of the top 12 overseas markets recorded decreases, with Japan (-34.6%) recording the largest decline.
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A two day conference about Somalia has opened on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenya and representatives from AU, IGAD, UN, and the Somali government attended in the meeting.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for creating an international court to try sea pirates and assured that Russia will continue to participate in international efforts to fight piracy.
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Two French security advisors posing as journalists were abducted from their hotel in Mogadishu on Tuesday by Somali gunmen, according to the Foreign Ministry and reports from the Somali capital.
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The African Union troops in Mogadishu known as AMISOM were directly involved in fighting between the Somali government soldiers and anti government fighters on Sunday, leaving at least 40 people dead and more than 100 others wounded, officials, and medical sources said.
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In L'Aquila, Italy, the UN Secretary-General addressed the meeting of the Major Economies Forum Leaders, on the margins of the Group of Eight Summit and briefed them about a Security Council meeting.
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Somalia's hardline Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being "Christians" and "spies" in the latest implementation of strict sharia law by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement, witnesses said.
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