The European Union's executive is to pledge at least 60 million Euros (77.6 million dollars) to boost security and fight piracy in Somalia at a donor conference on Thursday, officials in Brussels said Wednesday.
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OTTAWA – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced that he is sending his Parliamentary Secretary, Pierre Poilievre, to represent Canada at the Conference Against Racism, Discrimination and Persecution in Geneva. This conference is organized by an international group of non-governmental organizations.
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Somali lawmakers in the country's national capital Mogadishu voted Saturday April 18, 2009 to implement Islamic law, or Sharia, as the national legislation. The Cabinet formally approved Sharia law and introduced a motion in parliament, where 343 MPs attended to debate and vote.
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A growing number of Western nations are boycotting the United Nations conference on racism, which begins on Monday April 20, 2009, in Geneva, voicing concern that the forum will be used as a platform to criticize Israel.
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Florent Lemaçon, the captain of the yacht TANIT was killed by a single bullet to the head, but whose bullet is was is apparently not yet clear to those who conducted the post-mortem examination.
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PORT OF SPAIN - This year’s Summit of the Americas takes place in the context of the worst global economic crisis in generations. While the crisis began in developed countries, its effects are hitting emerging and developing economies with increasing severity.
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A Danish national was secretly questioned by US agents in Africa while his family were left to think he was dead, reports the respected Copenhagen Post.
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Manufacturing sales increased 2.2% to $42.9 billion, the first increase since July 2008. Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries in Ontario were behind most of the gains in February, following widespread slowdowns and shutdowns in January.
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French police were questioning on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, three Somali pirates who were brought to France after being captured by commandos during a hostage rescue operation in the Indian Ocean.
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A French warship with an EU anti-piracy force intercepted on Wednesday April 15, 2009, what was described as a pirate mother-ship and arrested 11 gunmen whom they had been pursuing since the previous day after they had tried to seize a merchant ship
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