A man convicted of robbery by a court in Somalia’s Islamist strong hold port-town of Kismayo had his right hand cut off. Mohamed Omar Ismael stole $90 from a saving account, local reports said.
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The French navy on Friday handed over 11 suspected Somali pirates to Kenya for a judicial investigation and possible trial in the second such transfer by the French forces in weeks, police said.
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A Spanish judge today ordered seven of the 14 pirate suspects arrested in the Gulf of Aden to be freed.
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Employment grew by 36,000 in April, the result of an increase in self-employment. Despite this increase, overall employment has fallen by 321,000 since the peak in October 2008.
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Somali pirates sea-jacked the Netherlands Antilles-flagged MV MARATHON, a Dutch ship with a crew of eight Ukrainian sailors on board, in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, a regional maritime group said and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirmed the report as well as the ship's owner-manager, Cargadoor Amons & Co. and ISM manager Marathon.
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A Spanish judge Thursday ordered seven suspected pirates to be placed in custody and brought to Spain after they were captured by a Spanish vessel off Somalia, judicial sources said.
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Suspected Somali pirates have attacked a US Navy support boat off the coast of the troubled Horn of Africa state, the US Navy said Thursday.
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A Spanish navy warship on Thursday captured seven suspected pirates who they said tried to attack a merchant ship off the Somali coast, the Spanish government said. They intervened in response to a call for help from the Maltese-flagged ANNE PETRAKIS, the defence ministry said.
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Russia on Wednesday expelled two Canadian diplomats working as representatives of the NATO alliance, officials said, in a further deterioration of relations between the alliance and Moscow.
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Contractors took out $4.5 billion in building permits in March, up 23.5% from February, halting five consecutive monthly declines. March's increase came mainly from the non-residential sector in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
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