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Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group sit ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group sit on a pick-up during a demonstration in Mogadishu, October 30, 2009. REUTERS/Omar Faruk

Graphic map of the Horn of Africa, showing Ethiopia's troubled ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - Graphic map of the Horn of Africa, showing Ethiopia's troubled Ogaden region and the Somali region of Puntland. Gunmen snuck on to a commercial flight between Somalia and Djibouti and briefly hijacked the plane in a bid to kidnap two German journalists among the passengers, officials said Tuesday. Photo:Anibal Maizcaceres/AFP

A European Union naval force-issued image shows Chinese bulk ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - A European Union naval force-issued image shows Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai off the east coast of Somalia. China said on Monday that efforts were ongoing to rescue the 25 crew members aboard the vessel hijacked last month by Somali pirates. Photo:/AFP

A Somali soldier stands guard. A roadside bomb destroyed a car ...

(AFP) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Somali soldier stands guard. A roadside bomb destroyed a car in a disputed town bordering two breakaway states in Somalia, killing a top security official and three others, a security official said. Photo:Jose Cendon/AFP

Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:10:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing off the east coast of Tanzania. Somali pirates have moved a British couple kidnapped from their yacht to a village in Somalia, as the bandits argue over whether to demand ransom or a prisoner exchange, a pirate has said. Photo:/AFP

Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing. Somali pirates have moved a British couple kidnapped from their yacht to a village in Somalia, as the bandits argue over whether to demand ransom or a prisoner exchange, a pirate has said. Photo:/AFP

Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:08:00 GMT

(AFP) - Map locating the area where a British couple's yacht went missing. Somali pirates holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht have demanded a ransom of seven million dollars (4.7 million euros) to set them free, the Foreign Office said Friday. Photo:/AFP

Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group sit ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group sit on a pick-up during a demonstration in Mogadishu, October 30, 2009. Al Shabaab Islamists rallied against Israeli police's storming of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound last Sunday, during which stun grenades were hurled at Palestinians who had thrown rocks at them. REUTERS/Omar Faruk (SOMALIA CONFLICT RELIGION)

A member of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group carries ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group carries a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) during a demonstration in Mogadishu, October 30, 2009. Al Shabaab Islamists rallied against Israeli police's storming of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound last Sunday, during which stun grenades were hurled at Palestinians who had thrown rocks at them. REUTERS/Mowlid Abdi (SOMALIA CONFLICT RELIGION)

Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group parade ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Members of the hardline Al Shabaab Islamist rebel group parade during a demonstration in Mogadishu October 30, 2009, against Israeli police's offensive in Gaza. Al Shabaab Islamists rallied against Israel's storming of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound last Sunday, during which stun grenades were hurled at Palestinians who had thrown rocks at them. REUTERS/Mowlid Abdi (SOMALIA CONFLICT RELIGION)

Somali boys chant as they watch hard-line Islamist fighters ...

(AFP) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:04:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali boys chant as they watch hard-line Islamist fighters from Al-Shabab parade during a rally in the streets of Mogadishu. Somalia's Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab militia on Friday protested against Israel's recent raid on a revered mosque compound in Jerusalem. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

The yacht 'Lynn Rival', belonging to British couple Paul and ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:58:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The yacht 'Lynn Rival', belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, is seen in this picture published on the European Union Naval Force website and taken October 28, 2009 by a Spanish military helicopter of the EU NAVFOR off the coast of Somalia. EU NAVFOR confirmed that it was the hijacked yacht belonging to the couple. A spokesman said there was no immediate information about the couple. Pirates hijacked the couple's sailing boat on Friday near the Seychelles archipelago and demanded a ransom for their release. REUTERS/EU NAVFOR/Handout

The yacht 'Lynn Rival', belonging to British couple Paul and ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:23:00 GMT

Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke addresses a ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke addresses a press conference on October 23 in Nairobi. A British couple whose Indian Ocean yachting holiday was cut short when their yacht was hijacked have joined hostages on another captured ship and have been taken to the Somali pirate lair of Harardhere. Photo:Tony Karumba/AFP

Shebab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu on October ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - Shebab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu on October 4. The leader of Somalia's breakaway self-declared state of Somaliland has called for war against the hardline Shebab rebels as the region marks one year since deadly suicide attacks. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana meets Somalia's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana meets Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (L) before their meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS)

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana shakes hands with Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (L) before their meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS)

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana welcomes Somalia's ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana welcomes Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (L) before their meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM POLITICS)

Mogadishu residents watch as government troops and African Union ...

(AFP) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Mogadishu residents watch as government troops and African Union troops fire artillery shells at Islamic insurgents during an armed exchange in the Somali capital. Al-Qaeda is using Somalia to train, regroup and plan further attacks, the Somali has prime minister said, warning it was also beginning to threaten regional stability. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

Mogadishu residents watch as government troops and African Union ...

(AFP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - Mogadishu residents watch as government troops and African Union troops fire artillery shells at Islamic insurgents during an armed exchange in the Somali capital. Al-Qaeda is using Somalia to train, regroup and plan further attacks, the Somali prime minister said Wednesday, warning it was also beginning to threaten regional stability. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

Mogadishu residents carry a woman wounded in fighting between ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mogadishu residents carry a woman wounded in fighting between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist forces in the Somali capital, October 28, 2009. Fighting in Somalia has killed 19,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT POLITICS)

German Bundeswehr soldiers approach pirates in the Gulf of Aden ...

(AFP) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Bundeswehr soldiers approach pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia, March 2009. Somali pirates confirmed they had hijacked a yacht carrying a British couple thought to be Paul Chandler, 58, and his wife Rachel, 55, adding that the two hostages were in good health. Photo:Bundeswehr/AFP

Mogadishu residents draw water from a well following water shortages ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mogadishu residents draw water from a well following water shortages in the Somali capital, October 27, 2009. Fighting in Somalia has killed 19,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)

A suspected pirate skiff is seen in the sea near Somalia's northern ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A suspected pirate skiff is seen in the sea near Somalia's northern port town of Bossaso, June 16, 2009. REUTERS/NATO/Handout

Japan may send a naval refuelling mission, currently backing ...

(AFP) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Japan may send a naval refuelling mission, currently backing the NATO-led Afghan campaign, to support anti-piracy efforts off Somalia next year, the defence minister has said. Photo:/AFP

A displaced Somali woman and her children collect water from ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A displaced Somali woman and her children collect water from a well on the outskirts of Mogadishu, October 26, 2009. Fighting in Somalia has killed 19,000 civilians since the start of 2007 and driven 1.5 million from their homes, creating one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta (SOMALIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)

Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout is shown in this ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:57:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout is shown in this file photo. Lindhout was kidnapped in Somalia over a year ago. Freelance journalist Beverley Giesbrecht was also kidnapped last November while on a freelance assignment for Al Jazeera in the Bannu district of northwest Pakistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO

Pirates on a skiff off Somalia's coast in 2008. A court in Somalia's ...

(AFP) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Pirates on a skiff off Somalia's coast in 2008. A court in Somalia's breakaway Puntland region sentenced 12 pirates to jail terms of between three and eight years. Photo:/AFP

Shebab militia patrol in Mogadishu on October 4. Burundi on ...

(AFP) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:05:00 GMT

(AFP) - Shebab militia patrol in Mogadishu on October 4. Burundi on said it was taking seriously threats by Somalia's Islamist rebels to attack its capital in retaliation to this week's clashes in Mogadishu. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

A displaced Somali woman sits with her child in front of their ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A displaced Somali woman sits with her child in front of their makeshift shelter in Galkayo. African leaders have adopted a convention -- billed as the first of its kind worldwide -- on the protection of the 17 million people on the continent who have fled their homes. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Somali children stand next to a row of makeshift shelters at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali children stand next to a row of makeshift shelters at a camp for Internally Diplaced People (IDP's) in Hargeisa in the northern semi-autonomous state of Somaliland on October 20. African leaders have adopted a convention -- billed as the first of its kind worldwide -- on the protection of the 17 million people on the continent who have fled their homes. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Somali children standing next to a row of makeshift shelters ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali children standing next to a row of makeshift shelters at a camp for Internally Diplaced People (IDP's) in Hargeisa in the northern semi-autonomous state of Somaliland on October 20. African leaders have adopted a convention -- billed as the first of its kind worldwide -- on the protection of the 17 million people on the continent who have fled their homes. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

A Somali Islamic militant cleans his weapon at a base in southern ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali Islamic militant cleans his weapon at a base in southern Mogadishu, October, 23, 2009. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta

A Somali Islamic militant cleans his weapon at a base in southern ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Somali Islamic militant cleans his weapon at a base in southern Mogadishu October, 23, 2009. Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from those countries that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu. REUTERS/Ismail Taxta (SOMALIA CONFLICT POLITICS)

The mayors of five Basque towns where the crew of the tuna fishing ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:43:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The mayors of five Basque towns where the crew of the tuna fishing boat Alakrana live clasp hands following a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque fishing town of Bermeo October 23, 2009. The multinational crew of 36 on Alakrana was taken hostage by Somali pirates after the Spanish fishing boat was overrun on October 2. The pirates are still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades, who were captured by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean, are freed. From L-R: Mayor of Ondarroa Felix Aranbarri, Mayor of Santurtxi Ricardo Ituarte, Mayor of Bermeo-Xabier Legarreta, Mayor of Mundaka Unai Rementeria and Mayor of Sestao Jose Luis Marcos Merino. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN POLITICS CONFLICT)

People gather during a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People gather during a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque fishing town of Bermeo October 23, 2009. A multinational crew of 36 on the tuna boat Alakrana was taken hostage by Somali pirates after the Spanish fishing boat was overrun on October 2. The pirates are still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades, who were captured by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean, are freed. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Mayor of Bermeo Xabier Legarreta clasps the hand of a family ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mayor of Bermeo Xabier Legarreta clasps the hand of a family member of a kidnapped fisherman during a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque fishing town of Bermeo October 23, 2009. A multinational crew of 36 on the tuna boat Alakrana was taken hostage by Somali pirates after the Spanish fishing boat was overrun on October 2. The pirates are still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades, who were captured by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean, are freed. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Mayor of Bermeo Xabier Legarreta (3rd R) stand with other mayors ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Mayor of Bermeo Xabier Legarreta (3rd R) stand with other mayors and family members of kidnapped fishermen during a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque fishing town of Bermeo October 23, 2009. A multinational crew of 36 on the tuna boat Alakrana was taken hostage by Somali pirates after the Spanish fishing boat was overrun on October 2. The pirates are still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades, who were captured by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean, are freed. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Demonstrators gather in front of the town hall under a banner ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:18:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Demonstrators gather in front of the town hall under a banner reading 'Freedom for our Fishermen' during a 15-minute silent protest in the Basque fishing town of Bermeo October 23, 2009. A multinational crew of 36 on the tuna boat Alakrana was taken hostage by Somali pirates after the Spanish fishing boat was overrun on October 2. The pirates are still in control of the boat, whose home port is in the Basque Country in northern Spain, and have said they will not negotiate the crew's release until their two comrades, who were captured by the Spanish navy in the Indian Ocean, are freed. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN POLITICS CONFLICT)

Somali soldiers move into a stronghold of Islamic militants ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali soldiers move into a stronghold of Islamic militants in the Sinay district in Mogadishu in July. Somalia's embattled government and Islamist rebels have vowed to step up their war with the government promising a counter-offensive while the Shebab militia threatened to take fighting beyond Somalia's borders. Photo:Mohamed Dahir/AFP

Ugandan soldiers serving in Somalia under the AMISOM raise the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Ugandan soldiers serving in Somalia under the AMISOM raise the flags of Burundi and Uganda inside their base in Mogadishu in May. Somalia's embattled government and Islamist rebels have vowed to step up their war with the government promising a counter-offensive while the Shebab militia threatened to take fighting beyond Somalia's borders. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Shabab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu on October ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - Shabab militia patrol Bakara Market in Mogadishu on October 4. Somalia's embattled government and Islamist rebels have vowed to step up their war with the government promising a counter-offensive while the Shebab militia threatened to take fighting beyond Somalia's borders. Photo:Abdurashid Abikar/AFP

An injured man is brought to a local hospital after heavy shelling ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - An injured man is brought to a local hospital after heavy shelling erupted between the Islamic fighters and African Union soldiers, in Mogadishu on September 28. Somali Islamist rebels have threatened to attack the capitals of the two central African countries that have deployed peacekeeping troops to prop up Somali's transitional government. Photo:Mohamed Dahir/AFP

Residents of the statehouse camp for Internally Displaced People ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Residents of the statehouse camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP's) are seen walking amid makeshift shelters housing refugees and IDP's. The conflict in south and central Somalia is forcing Somalis to flee northwards with their children to safety ? a perilous week-long journey. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

Somali men and women come together to meet a UN official at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:50:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali men and women come together to meet a UN official at a camp for Internally Displace people (IDP's) in Bossaso, in the northern breakaway state of Puntland. The conflict in south and central Somalia is forcing women to flee northwards with their children to safety ? a perilous week-long journey. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP

A Somali woman is taken to a hospital after she was wounded ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Somali woman is taken to a hospital after she was wounded during shelling between the Islamic insurgents and Somalia government soldiers backed by the AU forces, in the south of Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing and wounding people, Mogadishu's ambulance service said. Somalia's capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Farah Abdi Warsameh

Hijacked Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai is seen in this picture ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Hijacked Chinese bulk carrier De Xin Hai is seen in this picture published on the European Union Naval Force Operation Against Piracy website and taken October 19, 2009 by an EU NAVFOR Maritime Patrol Aircraft off the East coast of Somalia. . REUTERS/Handout/EU NAVFOR

Somali boys stand next to makeshift tents in a camp for Internally ...

(AFP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali boys stand next to makeshift tents in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Afgoye, Somalia. African leaders have gathered in the Ugandan capital for a two-day summit aimed at agreeing a treaty on improving the plight of the continent's 17 million refugees and displaced. Photo:Francois Ausseill/AFP

Somali boys stand next to makeshift tents in a camp for Internally ...

(AFP) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:27:00 GMT

(AFP) - Somali boys stand next to makeshift tents in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Afgoye, Somalia. African leaders met Thursday for a landmark summit to improve the plight of 17 million displaced people and refugees on the world's poorest and most war-prone continent. Photo:Francois Ausseill/AFP

A woman is taken to a hospital after she was injured during ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman is taken to a hospital after she was injured during shelling in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, October 22, 2009. Mortar bombs killed at least 30 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday after rebels launched shells at the president's plane and African Union (AU) peacekeepers responded with heavy artillery fire. REUTERS/Feisal Omar (SOMALIA CONFLICT)