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The Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship Delight and 25 people aboard are captured, just days after suspected Somali pirates commandeered the Saudi-owned oil tanker Sirius Star.
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France: Alleged ETA leader held / Peru: Man held with grenades / Brazil: Trader tries suicide at exchange / Australia: Navy gets 2-month holiday / South Africa: Teen pleads guilty to shootings >>
India: Tibetan exiles seek new ideas on dealing with China / Australia: Nonlethal whale research planned / Congo: Rebel leader agrees to U.N. peace talks / Mexico: 4 Scuba divers die during aqueduct m >>
The film beats expectations, earning $70.4 million. 'Madagascar' and 'Role Models' hold their own too on an all-around good weekend for movies. >>
A U.N. special envoy says President Kabila is willing to meet with the key guerrilla leader to end the conflict. >>
Gaza Strip: Border closure depletes food supplies / Somalia: Rebels take another port town / Iran: State TV says spies detained / Mexico: 1,500 protest Tijuana violence >>
Hijackings are just the latest danger Kenyans face in a profession that has suffered under two decades of neglect and exploitation. >>
The rebel group seeks to impose Sharia, or Islamic law, in Somalia. >>
For many Somalis on the coast, piracy is the only way to earn a living in a country without a functioning government and faced with soaring inflation, civil war and rising malnutrition. >>
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In 1993, Amy Biehl was chased down by an angry mob blindly seeking a white symbol of apartheid. Two men convicted of her murder are part of an improbable tale of reconciliation and forgiveness. >>
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