Amanda Lindhout is back home in Alberta. That was the word Wednesday afternoon from a woman, speaking on behalf of the family of the Canadian journalist, recently freed after being held hostage for 15 months in Somalia.
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MOSCOW - Russia's MiG aircraft maker said on Tuesday it has delivered the first four MiG-29 Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets to India.
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The operating revenue of cable and satellite television companies totalled $10.3 billion (current dollars) in 2008, up 14.4% from 2007. It was the industry's third consecutive year of revenue growth in excess of 10%.
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Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has called on the international community for help as his embattled government fights radical Islamist groups that are threatening to take over the country.
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Rear Adm. Scott Sanders, commander, Combined Task Force 151 and Captain 1st Rank Evgeny Irza, commander of Russian Task Force 680, coordinated their counter-piracy efforts during meetings held aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin, Dec. 2.
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The Seychelles coastguard detained 11 suspected Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, a statement said Monday. "The Seychelles coastguard vessel Topaz arrested 11 Somali pirates in an operation undertaken yesterday (Sunday) evening in an area 225 nautical miles northwest of Mahe (the main island)," the statement said.
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Mr. Abdihakim Salah Mohamed, an autistic Somali-Canadian youth who was like meanwhile famous Mrs. Suad Haji Mohamud also stuck in Kenya and was – in his case for nearly four years – completely abandoned by the Canadian Government, has arrived safely back home in Toronto on December 05 aboard a flight via the UK.
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Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, recovering in Kenya after spending 15 months as a hostage in Somalia, is expected to be back in Canada early this week.
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Two months ago, it seemed that Somali pirates were no longer a threat, having apparently been subdued by naval patrols from several nations in the Gulf of Aden.
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In 2008/2009, Canada's incarceration rate increased 1% over the previous year, driven largely by the continued increase in the number of adults held in remand in provincial/territorial jails while awaiting trial or sentencing.
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