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• 70 African migrants missing in Mediterranean
Authorities said the survivors first told the fishermen that 10 people were missing, but later said as many as 70 people from Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan made the sea voyage with them.
• France sends troops in pirate standoff
PARIS - Elite French troops were headed to East Africa to bolster efforts to free captives of a yacht held by pirates off Somalia, a French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Monday. A team of the GIGN, a commando force that conducts anti-terrorist ...
• Most dangerous destinations
Classifying which nations are the most dangerous based on the day's news can be somewhat deceiving. Of course, Iraq and Afghanistan are exceptionally treacherous, but other countries like Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have ...
• Martin Fletcher
When NATO and American troops were hunting for General Aidid, the Somali warlord responsible for killing 18 American soldiers in Somalia, Fletcher was the only person to find and interview him for NBC Nightly News. He also became the first ...
• Somalia signs deal with foes - Somalia- msnbc.com
Somalia's government signed an agreement Monday with an opposition alliance calling for an end to violence and the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops, whose presence has stoked an ...