A Canadian reporter and an Australian photographer held hostage in Somalia for nine months said they are in poor health and want more help from their governments to secure their release.
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Canada's Prime minister, Stephen Harper, today unequivocally condemned the North Korean regime’s nuclear test carried out on May 24.
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French official stresses the importance of Sarkozy's visit to UAE,
President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor, Jean-David Levitte, has stressed the importance of the strategic partnership between UAE and France and said that the unique relations present a living model that meticulously integrate the preservation of traditions with modernity
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At a joint news conference in Washington, D.C., with Malaysia's Foreign Minister Y.B. Anifah bin Haji Aman, Secretary Clinton said, "the role that Malaysia is playing and can play, regionally and even globally, on a number of important issues is significant, and therefore we want to broaden and deepen our strategic cooperation."
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Subcommittee Chairman Russell Feingold, a Democrat from Wisconsin, said the recent rise in pirate attacks in the region is "an outgrowth of [Somalia’s] collapse, lawlessness and economic desperation that have plagued the country for over a decade."
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Commanders from the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility gathered May 20 for a three-day conference to discuss regional security issues and approaches to these challenges.
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Dutch foreign minister Verhagen wants Somali pirates to be tried by a regional UN tribunal to keep them from applying for asylum in Europe. Dutch foreign minister Maxime Verhagen has voiced concern with the comfort alleged Somali pirates find in Dutch prison cells.
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Canada, looking to make a shift from current policy, is in negotiations to have Kenyan authorities prosecute pirates apprehended by the Canadian navy, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday.
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Alleged pirates seized by the Russian Navy will be transferred to a third party, the first deputy defense minister said on Tuesday. "In accordance with existing law, pirates seized by Russian naval forces during patrols will be transferred to a third party," Col. Gen. Alexander Kolmakov said, without specifying which country might accept the pirates.
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Somalia's neighbours have called on the United Nations to set up an air, sea and land blockade on the Horn of Africa nation and also impose sanctions on Eritrea for arming Islamist insurgents pushing to topple the Somali government.
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