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(Photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)N. Korea Frees Seven Detained Foreign Fishermen
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(Photo: AP / Saurabh Das)Burma leader Than Shwe visits China before election
Myanmar's top military general, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, right, arrives in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 26, 2010. Than Shwe began a five-day visit to India on Sunday for talks with senior leaders aimed at deepening ties between the two South Asian neighbors. ...Full Story

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EU welcomes sentencing of seven Somali pirates in Kenya
| London/Nairobi - The European Union's anti-piracy force on Tuesday welcomed a Kenyan court's decision to jail seven Somali men for the attempted 2009 hijacking of a German Navy supply ship. | A court in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on Monday sentenced the seven men to f...Full Story
Kenyan Court Jails Seven for Piracy
EU NAVFOR welcomes the first judgement yesterday in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship. | ...Full Story
Russia, France say warship talks advancing
| PARIS-Russia's foreign minister says his country is still in exclusive talks with Paris about buying French warships, despite a new tender and questions over the transfer of sensitive technology. | Sergey Lavrov, after talks in Paris on Tuesday, said the negotiations ...Full Story
Cocaine hoard worth £8m found at port
Cocaine with a street value of £8.25 million was found hidden in machinery at one of Britain's biggest ports. | The haul was discovered encased in thick resin inside three pieces of industrial digger machinery in Tilbury. UK Border Agency officials said the machinery ha...Full Story
USS Olympia, one-of-a-kind steel cruiser, battles for survival
Philadelphia | The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle. | Time and tides are conspiring to condemn the we...Full Story
Kenyan Court Convicts, Sentences 7 Somali Pirates
| Filed at 10:22 a.m. ET | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A defense lawyer says a Kenyan court has convicted and sentenced seven Somali pirates to five years in jail. | Jared Magolo says the pirates were found guilty of attacking a German naval supply ship in the Gulf of Aden o...Full Story
Gov't launches plan to help "underwater" borrowers
| - AP Real Estate Writer Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/09/07/2068628/govt-launches-plan-to-help-underwater.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Federal judge orders revised spotted owl plan Federal judge orders revi...Full Story
Ireland's navy in frontline against Colombia cocaine smugglers
| Forces patrolling Republic's south-west coast play their part in seizing drugs worth hundreds of millions of euros | Dressed like ninjas, sweating under their balaclavas, brandishing automatic handguns as they kick in ship doors, the boarding unit of the Irish naval v...Full Story
Kim Jong Il and North Korea prepare for biggest convention in 30 years
SEOUL, South Korea | Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital are hailing the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watches for signs that the country's next leader is making his public debut. View gallery: Cult...Full Story
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Kenyan Court Jails Seven for Piracy
Russia, France say warship talks advancing
Cocaine hoard worth £8m found at port
USS Olympia, one-of-a-kind steel cruiser, battles for survival
Kenyan Court Convicts, Sentences 7 Somali Pirates
Gov't launches plan to help "underwater" borrowers
Ireland's navy in frontline against Colombia cocaine smugglers
Kim Jong Il and North Korea prepare for biggest convention in 30 years
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Tue 7 Sep 2010
North Korea asks South for help despite tensions
The Star | SEOUL (Reuters) - Destitute North Korea has asked its wealthy neighbour for rice aid following severe flooding this year, the South's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday, a sign of easing tensions on the peninsula. A North Korean soldier walks pas...
North Korea frees 7 detained South Korean, Chinese fishermen
Chicago Sun-Times | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest point in years since the dea...
Aircraft carrier Lincoln leaving Everett
MSNBC | Associated Press - September 7, 2010 7:55 AM ET | EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - The Everett area population is dropping by more than 3,000 Navy sailors as the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln departs Tuesday with two other Everett-based ships - the destroy...
USS Lake Erie sailors to visit Put-in-Bay fest
Toledo Blade PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — This year's Put-in-Bay Historical Weekend is getting a visit from a contingent of sailors of the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), a Ticonderoga-class, guided-missile cruiser based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | The three-day event, which b...
Al-Qaida front group claims responsibility for weekend attack in Baghdad that killed 12
Star Tribune | BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group is claiming responsibility for a weekend attack in the heart of Baghdad that killed 12 people. | In a statement posted on a militant website Tuesday, the Islamic State of Iraq took credit for the assault which targ...
NKorea frees 7 detained SKorean, Chinese fishermen
Seattle Times SEOUL, South Korea - | North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest point in years since the deadly s...
North Korea asks South for help despite tensions
Yahoo Daily News | SEOUL (Reuters) – Destitute North Korea has asked its wealthy neighbor for rice aid following severe flooding this year, the South's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday, a sign of easing tensions on the peninsula. | The request came afte...
China hosts Myanmar military leader
Al Jazeera | China has hailed Myanmar as a "friendly neighbour" and warned the world not to meddle in its  forthcoming election. | Than Shwe, Myanmar's military leader, whose government has drawn international condemnation for its human rights record,...
N. Korea Frees Seven Detained Foreign Fishermen
The New York Times | Filed at 7:21 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest poi...
North Korea frees fishermen detained last month, requests flood assistance from South Korea
Star Tribune | SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest point in years since the deadly s...
Investigators: flight data recorder recovered at UPS cargo crash site
Star Tribune | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Investigators at the wreckage of a UPS cargo plane recovered the flight data recorder Tuesday as experts seek the cause of last week's crash, including a report of smoke in the cockpit. | Teams from U.S. agencies, incl...
Aircraft carrier Lincoln leaving Everett
Seattle Times EVERETT, Wash. - | The Everett area population is dropping by more than 3,000 Navy sailors as the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln departs Tuesday with two other Everett-based ships - the destroyers Momsen and Shoup. | The Lincoln will pick up anothe...
India says China seeking 'foothold' in S.Asia
Yahoo Daily News | NEW DELHI (AFP) – China is seeking to expand its influence in South Asia and gain a "foothold" in the region, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in remarks published Tuesday. | "China would like to have a foothold in Sou...
N Korea 'frees' fishing boat crew
Al Jazeera | The North Korean government has released the seven-man crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized last month, according to the South's coastguard. | The vessel and its crew were seized on August 8 while fishing off North Korea's...
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