A Spanish judge Thursday ordered seven suspected pirates to be placed in custody and brought to Spain after they were captured by a Spanish vessel off Somalia, judicial sources said.
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Suspected Somali pirates have attacked a US Navy support boat off the coast of the troubled Horn of Africa state, the US Navy said Thursday.
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A Spanish navy warship on Thursday captured seven suspected pirates who they said tried to attack a merchant ship off the Somali coast, the Spanish government said. They intervened in response to a call for help from the Maltese-flagged ANNE PETRAKIS, the defence ministry said.
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Russia on Wednesday expelled two Canadian diplomats working as representatives of the NATO alliance, officials said, in a further deterioration of relations between the alliance and Moscow.
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Contractors took out $4.5 billion in building permits in March, up 23.5% from February, halting five consecutive monthly declines. March's increase came mainly from the non-residential sector in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta.
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Bahrain appointed a Jewish woman as ambassador to the United States in July 2008. She is believed to be the Arab world's first Jewish envoy. The selection of Houda Nonoo was made by decree.
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Europe 1 reported that the conclusion was based on an autopsy performed on Lemacon as well as testimony by his wife and the marine who fired the fatal shot. According to the report, when the assault on the Tanit began, Lemacon stood to protect his wife and three-year-old son, and was struck by what was described as a 'reflex shot' fired by the marine.
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Turkey’s navy yesterday took on Saturday May 2, 2009 command of an international force to combat piracy off the Somalian coast in a move analysts say reflects Ankara’s increased role as a major player in the region, the Egyptian newspaper The National reports.
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The government of Canada is extending the counter-piracy mission of HMCS Winnipeg to June. That will allow the Canadian warship to continue operations with NATO's Operation Allied Protector off the coast of Somalia, where dozens of vessels have been seized by pirates in recent months.
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Spain’s top investigative judge, Baltasar Garzón, has launched a new criminal investigation into allegations of torture at Guantánamo Bay and other US prison camps that will target the “possible material authors, enablers and accomplices” of the illegal abuse of detainees, Paul Mitchell and Chris Marsden report.
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