The Government of Canada has announced that Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton has joined Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa. The deployment of the Halifax-based frigate is called Operation SAIPH.
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Iran will be presented with a 'Certificate of Commendation' for helping to combat piracy at the annual International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Awards for Exceptional Bravery at Sea, its news agency IRNA reported Saturday.
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Hindus and Jews have strongly urged newly elected mayor of Sofia (Bulgaria) Yordanka Fandakova to improve the plight of Roma people residing in Sofia, who were reportedly facing apartheid like conditions.
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The composite price index for apartment building construction decreased 1.6% in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter.
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Despite considerable progress over the past 20 years in improving the lot of the world’s children, including a 28 per cent drop in annual mortality of those under five from 12.5 million to an estimated 8.8 million, their rights are still far from assured, according to a new United Nations report issued on Nov. 19, 2009.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a boost today for its emergency relief efforts feeding millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, with the announcement of a $112 million donation from Spain.
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A contingent of the Korean Navy's Cheonghae anti-piracy unit will leave for Somalia on Friday to replace the group currently there.
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A Turkish frigate is set to return to its base on Thursday after completing service as part of a NATO mission to fight against Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
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A U.S.-American warship working on anti-piracy off Somalia rescued three Yemeni fishermen after pirates took their boats and threw them into the sea.
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Panama-flagged MV ALMEZAAN, the mysterious weapons ship captured for the second time on 7th November after a similar incident in April 2009 and this time held in Garacad at the nort-eastern coast of Somalia, has been released this morning - with all its ...
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