Somali pirates released a Greek cargo ship with a 24-man crew in the Gulf of Aden, the Greek merchant marine ministry confirmed. The vessel was actually seized on March 18 and released yesterday, Tuesday, April, 14, 2009, but sailed free during the night
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In 2005, 34% of Canadian nurses providing direct care in hospitals or long-term care facilities reported having been physically assaulted by a patient in the previous year, and 47% reported emotional abuse.
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Merchandise exports and imports both advanced in February 2009 following three months of rapid declines. Exports rose 5.2% to $33.1 billion as all sectors increased and auto makers resumed production.
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Somali Elders and parents of the four pirates, who are holding Capt. Richard Phillips, the captain of a American merchant vessel hostage in a life-boat entangled in the stand-off with the US-American Navy, have vowed to solve the problem peacefully.
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Shipowners navigating the Gulf of Aden are seeing insurance premiums for kidnap and ransom increase tenfold as piracy escalates, said Chicago-based global insurance broker Aon Risk Services on Thursday, April 9, 2009, one day after Somali pirates hijacked a U.S. cargo ship.
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The crew of the hijacked US-American vessel were reported to have retaken control of the ship, but pirates are continuing to hold the ship's captain hostage in a life boat.
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Employment declined by 61,000 in March 2009, all in full-time work. This decrease pushed the unemployment rate up 0.3 percentage points to 8.0%, the highest rate in seven years.
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Two young Americans who left their homes to join an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group in Somalia held a rare “press conference” in Southern Somalia on Monday, April 6, 2009, saying they want to be killed “for the sake of God,” according to a U.S. law enforcement official and a video posted on a Somali news Web site.
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Pescara (Italy) - The citizens of Aquila and nearby municipalities hit by the earthquake are mourning their dead. Those left homeless are being offered shelter and aid in hotels and hostels.
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The lawyer for a Canadian jailed in Ethiopia has gone to court trying to block foreign aid payments to the East African country in protest over his client's treatment. Lorne Waldman filed papers in Federal Court on Thursday, April, 2, 2009, on behalf of Bashir Makhtal, who has been held in prison in Addis Ababa for two years.
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