USA Today Somali pirates seize ninth vessel in 12 days Times Online - 5 hours ago The battle with pirates operating off the coast of Somalia grew yesterday when raiders seized two more ships but lost one of their own in an uneven firefight with the Indian Navy.
WELT ONLINE Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur Reuters - 2 hours ago By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming US president's global ...
Canada.com Blast kills 1, wounds 29 at Thai PM's office The Associated Press - 59 minutes ago BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 29 on Thursday, the first fatal assault at the compound since it was seized by anti-government activists in a political ...
CBC.ca DR Congo's Nkunda attacks China to boost political kudos: analysts AFP - 3 hours ago KINSHASA (AFP) - Congolese rebel supremo Laurent Nkunda's call for a review of contracts with China is a populist ploy designed to cash in on resentment over Beijing's tapping up of vast mineral reserves, analysts say.
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