National Security
Charges Filed In Case Of Missing Somali-Americans
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Africa
Missing-Somali Case Gives Recruitment Clues To FBI
()Documents unsealed Monday in a Minnesota investigation allege a broad and effective recruitment campaign to persuade Somali-Americans to join an Islamist insurgency in Somalia.
8 Charged In Terrorism Probe Of Missing Somalis
The suspects are accused of recruiting young men in Minneapolis to go to Somalia to fight.
()Another Minn. Man Indicted In Missing Somalis Case
New terrorism charges from the investigation of the recruitment of Minnesota Somalis to fight.
()World
Guards Repel Pirate Attack On Maersk Alabama()
November 18, 2009 The attempt marked the second time in seven months that Somali pirates have targeted the U.S.-flagged cargo ship. In April, pirates took the ship's captain hostage, holding him at gunpoint in a lifeboat for five days before he was freed by Navy SEAL sharpshooters.
South Africa's War On Crime Claims Innocent Victims()
November 18, 2009 South Africa has one of the highest crime rates in the world. But what is widely being called the government's "shoot-to-kill" policy is being blamed for the recent murders of innocent bystanders, including the shooting death of a 3-year-old boy.
Somali Judge Who Jailed Pirates, Insurgents Killed()
November 12, 2009 Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern Somalia said Thursday. Mohamed Said Samatar said three men were arrested Thursday over the killing of High Court Judge Mohamed Abdi Aware.
