MV CHARELLE is steaming further south on the Somali Indian Ocean Coast in heavy seas. The vessel has been observed being met north of Eyl by one of the other sea-jacked ships from the Garacad area (most likely the Taiwan fishing vessel WINFAR 161) and the very rough weather and sea seem to provide a problem to the small cargo vessel.
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Travel to Canada increased 1.1% from March to April to just under 2.3 million trips. While this was the highest level this year, inbound travel has remained fairly stable over the last 12 months.
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Consumer prices rose 0.1% in the 12 months to May 2009, down from the 0.4% increase in April.
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A bill to pay for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and help bolster Pakistan's ability to fight extremists, has been approved Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives in a 226 to 202 vote, VOA reports.
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Minister of Interior Mutahar Rashad al-Masri held talks Thursday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Colin Kahl on security cooperation between Yemen and the United States.
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Yesterday, on Tuesday 16 June 2009, around 4.00pm East African time, two men armed with pistols stopped a private vehicle carrying a driver and three passengers which included two staff members from the SOS Children’s Village in Mogadishu.
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Interpol is compiling a database of fingerprints, photographs and other personal information on Somali pirate suspects to help fight piracy at sea, the agency said Wednesday.
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Ecoterra International announces that they have just received information from Japan, that Akio Yonago, the one-armed Japanese sailor on S/Y EMU II has today arrived in Thailand and is safe and well.
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The African Union on Monday extended by seven months the mandate of its force (AMISOM) in Somalia which is struggling to contain violence in Somalia, its senior official said.
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Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a third task force later this month to protect shipping routes from Somali pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet commander said on Tuesday.
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