The attempted attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 (December 25, 2009) by a would-be suicide bomber is a rude reminder of the trend that has been emerging for some time, and is evidence of renewed efforts on the part of al-Qaeda and its affiliates to attack the United States on its own soil and US allies around the globe.
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Calling it a “step in the right direction”, Hindus have praised The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (ELCF) for listing inter-religious dialogue under “priority areas”.
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Hindus have urged Massachusetts (USA) schools to either allow students the flexibility to choose the religious text to study in the class instead of just mandating one religious text on the entire class or teach the texts of all major world religions.
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The UK-flagged, UK-owned Vehicle Carrier VC ASIAN GLORY has been captured this morning by presumed Somali pirates 500nm off the coast of Somalia while en route to the Gulf of Aden.
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Owned by PIL, one of the largest shipowners in Asia, 24,637-tonne MV Kota Wajar, which was hijacked on the 15th October this year, is now en route to Mombasa.
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MV NAVIOS APOLLON was captured on December 28, 2009 at 22h10 local time (19h10 UTC) in the Indian Ocean 800 nnautical miles east of Somalia and240nm north-east of Seychelles en route from Tampa, Florida/USA to Rozy / India with a cargo of fertilizer.
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MT ST JAMES PARK was seized on December 28, 2009 at position 12°58'4N-48°34'1E which is in the Gulf of Aden International Recognised Transit Corridor (IRTC), while on voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Tha Phut , Thailand.
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Somali pirates have released the Singapore-flagged container ship MV KOTA WAJAR after nearly 10 weeks in captivity, the EU naval task force Atalante confirmed Monday night.
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After 22 days of joint operations between the Israeli Air Force, the Israel Navy and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Ground Forces, which significantly weakened the Hamas terror infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the State of Israel ended the operation. The weakening of the terror infrastructure and the missile launchers led to the quietest year in the past decade for the area around the Gaza Strip, according to IDF.
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An earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused the Boxing Day tsunami in December 2004. It is considered one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.
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