Crew members of the Belgian ship MV POMPEI sea-jacked by pirates off Somalia in mid-April will be re-united with their families early next week, Belgium's government crisis center said in a statement Saturday.
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The captain of a cargo vessel captured by Somali pirates has appealed to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to intervene to secure a release, a report said Saturday.
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Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
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Egyptian police shot and killed two Somali migrants on Thursday who tried to slip across the Sinai desert border into Israel, security sources said, as violence against migrants picked up at the sensitive frontier.
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The Russian Pacific Fleet's Admiral Panteleyev destroyer and Irkut tanker returned on Wednesday to their base in Vladivostok after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.
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The European Union has issued a warning to the Somalia insurgents asking them to stop the raging conflict. Addressing a news conference at Nairobi’s Hilton Hotel, Swedish Ambassador Mrs Anna Brandt, said the crisis was of “serious concern” to the EU.
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South Korea announced Tuesday it will deploy a 4,500-tonne destroyer to Somali waters in mid-July to replace one that has operated there under a U.S.-led multinational anti-piracy campaign since April, Yonhap news agency said.
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Japan said it would dispatch two destroyers to an anti-piracy mission off Somalia in July with expanded rules of engagement including scope for greater use of force.
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In 2008, 72% of women aged 50 to 69 reported having had a mammogram in the previous two years, up from 40% in 1990. About 40% of Canadians aged 50 or older reported up-to-date colorectal cancer testing in 2008.
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The third task force of RF Navy Pacific Fleet has set off from Vladivostok to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy. The task force comprises big anti-submarine ship “Admiral Tributs”, tanker “Boris Butoma” and tugboat “MB-99”.
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