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26/04/2010

"We are deploying here to fight piracy and for our self-defence. Japan is a maritime nation and the increase in piracy in the Gulf of Aden through which 20,000 vessels sail every year is worrying."

By Rick RozoffJapanese navy commander Keizo Kitagawa recently spoke with Agence France-Presse and disclosed that his nation was opening its first overseas military base - at any rate since the Second World ...

26/04/2010

"Is there a possibility of infiltrating brothers from Somalia to Tel Aviv under the guise of immigrants from Ethiopia. You told us that there are Jews from Africa who emigrate to Israel through the Egyptian border [the writer confuses refugees and immigrants - Z.B.].

'Al-Qaida terrorists may pose as Ethiopian Jews to sneak into Israel'-News and commentary relating to events in Israel, the occupied territories, and the world, along with an archive of past issues

26/04/2010

"We are not the agents of Iran or anybody else... Nobody can blackmail us about that oil -- including the Iranians,"

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Uganda without striking a deal on the African nation's oil, President Yoweri Museveni indicated Sunday.

20/04/2010

"It's a deal based on international customary law, but Egypt is dragging its feet."

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia said Tuesday that it would go ahead with a new deal with six other countries on sharing the waters of the Nile and accused Egypt of "dragging its feet" on a more equitable treaty.

14/04/2010

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13/04/2010

"The directive is in agreement with the Banking Business Proclamation and the Prevention and Suppression of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism Proclamation, the official told Fortune."

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13/04/2010

**Egypt has categorically refused to sign the agreement.
**wants 55.5 billion cubic meters of water from the river — more than half of the Nile's flow.
**also wants veto power over any new irrigation projects undertaken by the other nine riparian states.

CAIRO — Egypt's state news agency reported Tuesday that 10 African nations have failed to conclude a long delayed new agreement for sharing water from the Nile and will call for closer cooperation instead.

13/04/2010

"It would be strange if the Shabab and others did not try to capitalize on the fact that a significant proportion of the peacekeeping operation in Somalia was leaving and to try to fill in whatever vacuum they feel there is," Meles said. Oct 29, 2008

10/04/2010

the death was an "act of banditry" ....: "The deceased did not take security measures and was driving alone. Following the act the local militia confronted the perpetrators and took measures on them. We understand the act was not politically motivated."