At least 9 die in Somalia clashes, group says
At least nine people have been killed and 14 others wounded in heavy shelling in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to a human rights group.
A London-based security clothing company has been blasted for marketing a “stab-proof vest” for football fans planning to visit this summer’s World Cup in South Africa.
At least 15 people have been killed and more wounded after a weekend of heavy fighting in Somalia’s capital, journalists and a hospital spokeswoman said Monday.
The British sailors freed after a week in Iranian custody apologized to their families Friday as they were reunited for the first time since their detention on November 25.
A sign synonymous with the Nazi work camps of World War II was stolen overnight from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp memorial in Poland, police said Friday.
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Two Somalis suspected of being part of a gang that captured a Spanish fishing boat in international waters off Somalia on October 2 will appear Tuesday before a Spanish judge in Madrid. The Alakrana and its 36-member crew remain in pirate custody.
Manchester City upset nine-man Chelsea 4-2 on Saturday in an emotion-charged match that began with the visitors’ defender Wayne Bridge refusing to shake the hand of the Premier League leaders’ captain John Terry.
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A $5 million prize to reward good leadership in Africa was dramatically awarded Monday to … nobody.
Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders has arrived in London, days after a court overturned an order banning him for the country. Wilders — who has stoked controversy with his attacks on Islam — said the decision marked “a victory for the freedom of speech.”
Singer Stephen Gately, a member of the Irish band Boyzone, died of natural causes, a court spokeswoman on the Spanish island of Majorca said Tuesday.
Pirates released a Greek oil-tanker more than seven weeks after hijacking it off the coast of Somalia, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said Monday.
Thierry Henry’s confession that he handled the ball in the build up to the goal which sent France to next summer’s World Cup, has done little to console a devastated Ireland team as the controversy rumbled into Thursday.
Top fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London, England, home Thursday, a spokesman for his company said.
A top African Union official Friday denounced the military coup in Niger and called for a quick return of “constitutional order,” saying the organization was ready to help facilitate the process.
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