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Headline News August 17, 2013: Egypt Considers Outlawing Muslim Brotherhood, Fukushima Simmers, Polio Outbreak in Somalia

Girls Using Metal Detectors at Airports to Escape Forced Marriages Canadians Warn United States About Tar Sands Pollution Egypt Considers Outlawing the Muslim Brotherhood, Labels It a Terrorist Organization Fukushima Still a Disaster Waiting to Happen? Al Jazeera Offices Raided in Egypt Mexican Gulf Cartel Leader Captured Japanese Nationalists Sail to the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Outbreak […]

United Nations Begins Inquiry Into United States’ Drone Program

The United Nations announced that it will be launching an inquiry into the United States’ deployment of combat drones and the legal frameworks governing such use. Ben Emmerson from the United Kingdom, the United Nations‘ special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, opened the inquiry on January 24 and will focus on deployments in […]

Two French Soldiers Killed in Failed Hostage Rescue in Somalia

Two French soldiers and 18 al-Shabab Somali fighters were killed during an unsuccessful hostage rescue mission according to a statement by the French Defense Ministry. The French Defense Ministry initiated the mission to rescue French national Denis Allex who was being held in what were reportedly inhumane conditions. The statement from the Defense Ministry reads as follows: Faced with the […]

Mohamed Abdi Hassan, aka “Afweyne” or “Big Mouth,” Somalia’s Most Successful Pirate Announces Retirement Due to Decline in Pirateable Ships

The world economy is taking a toll on Somali pirates as Somalia’s most successful pirate announces his retirement because it is no longer profitable for him to continue. Mohamed Abdi Hassan catapulted to fame in 2008 when he and his crew seized the Sirius Star, a Saudi Arabian tanker loaded with $100 million worth of oil and roughly equivalent in […]

Ethiopian Troops Invade Somalia.

Ethiopian troops have reportedly entered neighboring Somalia in search of al-Shabaab fighters only weeks after Kenyan troops entered Somalia under a similar pretense. The Ethiopian government would neither confirm nor deny the troop movements according to the report from Al Jazeera although someone speaking on the condition of anonymity said that the troops could have […]