With the departure of MV HANSA STAVANGER from the central Somali coast, there is no hi-jacked vessel kept at the coasts of Galmudug State in Central Somalia by today. Former Governor Dr. Maxamed Warsame (Cali Kimiko) had vowed to make the coast pirate-free and Somalia's Special Envoy for Anti-Piracy Ismail Haji Noor followed up on this.
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The value of building permits totalled $5.2 billion in June, up 1.0% from May. The increase was attributable to gains in both residential and non-residential construction intentions.
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Canadian hoteliers' business expectations for the third quarter of 2009 were negative relative to their business performance during the same quarter a year earlier. Their negative outlook was similar to that observed in the previous two quarters.
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At least 46 journalists have been killed in 21 countries since the beginning of 2009, the International News Safety Institute (INSI) report said, according to RIA Novosti.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is arriving in Africa on Tuesday. The stops on her official tour include Kenya, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
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The Australian newspaper's editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell has defended the timeframe used for publishing details of an alleged terrorist attack on Australian soil.
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Several people are in custody and a number are assisting with inquiries as a result of a joint counter-terrorism operation in Melbourne this morning involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Victoria Police, NSW Police, the NSW Crime Commission and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).
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Australia's Victoria state police said Tuesday that " several" people are in custody, and a number are assisting police with inquiries, after pre-dawn counter-terrorism raids in Melbourne.
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The four young men arrested by the police in Kenya on suspicion of terrorism last week are to be returned to the Netherlands on Wednesday, reports the justice department.
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The Norwegian frigate "Fridtjof Nansen" has this weekend left home base and is heading for the coast of Somalia, where it will join the EU-led "Operation Atlanta" in its effort to fight pirate attempts.
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