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U.N. council targets those stirring Somalia trouble (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
11/20/2008 12:56 PM

The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to impose sanctions on anyone contributing to violence and instability in Somalia, in a bid to curb fighting in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation.

UN approves new Somalia sanctions to reduce arms (AP via Yahoo! News)
11/20/2008 11:25 AM

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose new sanctions aimed at reducing the arms flowing into Somalia and the lawlessness and piracy that have flourished there.

Red Sea nations pledge to fight piracy, respect Somalia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
11/20/2008 08:52 AM

Arab Red Sea states meeting in Cairo on Thursday blamed the piracy off Somalia's coast on turmoil in that country and pledged cooperation to end the threat.

U.N. peacekeepers needed in Somalia: African Union (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
11/20/2008 07:40 AM

The United Nations should send peacekeepers to Somalia urgently to stop the strife that is fuelling piracy and is being aggravated by feuding politicians, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday.

To turn the tide on piracy in Somalia, bring justice to its fisheries (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
11/20/2008 01:00 AM

In the past few weeks, a failed state that was forgotten for more than a decade once again made the world take notice. While Somalia's weak transitional government fails to assert control on land, a band of highly organized pirates have taken firm control of the country's sea lanes.

U.N. to Impose Sanctions Against Somalia to Stop Piracy (Fox News)
11/20/2008 09:50 AM

The U.N. Security Council unanimously agrees to impose new sanctions against Somalia aimed at stopping its booming pirate trade and lawlessness.

Russian Navy Plans Regular Patrols Near Somalia Against Pirates (Bloomberg)
11/20/2008 03:02 AM

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s navy plans to start regular patrols of the waters off the coast of Somalia, where pirate attacks have intensified.

Somalia 'may become pirate magnet' (BBC News)
11/20/2008 02:30 AM

Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said.

Urgent need for peacekeepers seen in Somalia (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
11/20/2008 08:20 AM

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United Nations should send peacekeepers to Somalia urgently to stop the strife that is fuelling piracy and is being aggravated by feuding politicians, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday.

Experten sehen Wurzel der Piraterie in Somalia (Euronews)
11/20/2008 12:58 PM

Experten sehen Wurzel der Piraterie in Somalia