Two French security advisors posing as journalists were abducted from their hotel in Mogadishu on Tuesday by Somali gunmen, according to the Foreign Ministry and reports from the Somali capital.
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The African Union troops in Mogadishu known as AMISOM were directly involved in fighting between the Somali government soldiers and anti government fighters on Sunday, leaving at least 40 people dead and more than 100 others wounded, officials, and medical sources said.
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Hindus have urged celebrity musician and singer Bono to undertake the cause of apartheid of 15-million Roma people of Europe by uniting artists against it.
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In L'Aquila, Italy, the UN Secretary-General addressed the meeting of the Major Economies Forum Leaders, on the margins of the Group of Eight Summit and briefed them about a Security Council meeting.
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Somalia's hardline Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being "Christians" and "spies" in the latest implementation of strict sharia law by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement, witnesses said.
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In Denmark, Marstal Navigation School is setting up an anti piracy training scenario using the POLARIS Ship's Bridge Simulator. The objective of the course is to show the generic characteristics of piracy to give ship-owners, captains and crews tools for a tactical approach to sailing through piracy waters.
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Russia has called for an international mechanism to prosecute the pirates as power actions against them are ineffective.
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We agreed that, because of the destabilizing factors behind it and the broad regional and international impacts entailed, piracy must be addressed through coordinated efforts by the international community.
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Employment was little changed in June, leaving total net losses during the last three months at 13,000, much smaller than the 273,000 decline in the first three months of the year. The unemployment rate edged up 0.2 percentage points to 8.6% in June, as more people looked for work.
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Hindus have urged Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to undertake the cause of apartheid of 15-million Roma people of Europe.
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