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U.S. helicopter raid frees two aid workers from Somali pirates
World NowU.S. Navy Seals in dramatic hostage rescue in Somalia: In a dramatic overnight rescue, U.S. military helicopters with Navy Seals swooped into Somalia and safely rescued two Western aid workers.... -
Details of Somalia hostage rescue emerge
World NowSomali hostage rescue: New details from U.S. officials on the U.S. military rescue of two aid workers held hostage by Somali pirates.... -
SEAL Team That Killed bin Laden Frees Hostages in Somalia
The same U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden parachuted into Somalia under cover of darkness early Wednesday and crept up to an outdoor camp where an American woman and Danish man were being held hostage.
Soon, nine kidnappers were dead and...Tags: Africa, Kidnapping, Pakistan, U.S. Military, Customs and Tradition
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Who made the cut for Obama's third Ramadan Iftar dinner
Top of the TicketFull Text: Obama continues the tradition of hosting a dinner after sunset, talks of the 9/11 tragedy.... -
DJIBOUTI: Reform demands spread to tiny East African nation
Babylon & BeyondTestifying to the infectious fever of calling for democratic change, protests spread Friday to the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, where thousands rallied in demand that the president resign. President Ismail Omar Guelleh has incurred the wrath of... -
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Sign up to win the Fox Rocks Lunchbox! K-Mack announces a new winner every Monday and Thursday at 10am drawn from all entries. We visit the winner at work and deliver the coveted FOX ROCKS LUNCH BOX, filled with great prizes every Tuesday and Friday...Tags: Andorra, Mongolia, Pakistan, Niger, Taiwan
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Book review: 'Djibouti' by Elmore Leonard
Special to the Los Angeles TimesDjibouti A Novel Elmore Leonard William Morrow: 280 pp., $26.99 Elmore Leonard's latest novel, his 44th, takes him beyond America's shores, way outside the criminal turfs — Detroit, Miami, Hollywood — he more or less owns, deep into...Tags: Movies, Central Intelligence Agency, Drug Trafficking, Elmore Leonard, Minority Groups
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At Ramadan Iftar dinner, Obama supports new mosque on private property near Ground Zero
Top of the TicketFull text of Democrat's White House dinner remarks supporting the controversial proposal and the official dinner guest list.... -
Military deaths
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Djibouti and Iraq: Darrell L. Fernandez, 25, of Truth or Consequences, N.M.; specialist, Army. Fernandez was killed Jan. 31 when his vehicle overturned in...Tags: Defense, U.S. Military, Iraq, Death, Army National Guard
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African armies receive U.S. expertise, ammo
Tribune correspondentTADJOURA, Djibouti—In hundreds of military training programs from the Sahara to the Seychelles, the U.S. is quietly bolstering Africa's ragtag armies to fight extremism so the Pentagon won't have to. Some experts have taken to calling this...Tags: Africa, Wars and Interventions, Defense, England, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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