A newspaper in Oman published a report today indicating that a cruise ship, approximately 15 nautical miles off Masirah Island (east of Oman) “was aggressively approached by two skiffs suspected of belonging to Somali pirates” on November 23rd. The newspaper reports
The BBC is reporting that the International Red Cross has begun a huge distribution of aid to one million people in famine zones in Somalia.According to the BBC, a continuous operation will transport the food in trucks from the coast deep into
NY Times: Mothers We Could Save, by Nicholas D. Kristof:Here’s a Mother’s Day thought: There’s a way to save many of the world’s 350,000 women who die in childbirth each year. But it’s very controversial, for it’s called family
Sandra Tan writes for the Buffalo News:A refugee from Somalia was accused of trying to sell her 16-year-old daughter into marriage against her will.Social Services took another Somali couple's six children because the father belt-whipped his 8-year-old son and tied
The case of Cosco Bulk Carrier Co. Ltd v Team-Up Owning Co. Ltd [2010] EWHC 1340 (Comm) was an appeal to the High Court of a decision by an arbitration panel. Mr Justice Gross, who heard the appeal, noted that
On Tuesday, President Obama issued an Executive Order relating to the Somalia piracy situation. The Executive Order took effect immediately. It purports to “block” payments, transfers or donations of property to several classes of individuals related to the crisis in
President Obama issued an executive order today declaring a national emergency to deal wtih the "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States" by "the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence
An article today by Wolfgang H. Thome of eTurboNews (ETN) raises two disturbing scenarios: 1. It is only a matter of time before Somali pirates hijack a cruise ship, and 2. There are no plans in place to rescue the passengers when this happens. The article
Friday's Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 25 years after a devastating famine killed one million of its citizens, Ethiopia on Thursday appealed for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The current need arises from a prolonged drought that has hit much of the
