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In Theory: What is the morality of using drones?
Since President Obama took office in 2009, the U.S. military's use of unmanned drones to carry out attacks on terrorist suspects has grown by 700%. And with this growth in the use of drones has come an uneasiness at over the morals morality of using...Tags: U.S. Military, Central Intelligence Agency, Pakistan, Values, Ethics
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'Stolen Seas': No 'yo ho' for these pirates ★★ 1/2
It was just business, one slice from a multibillion dollar piracy industry. In 2008, Somali pirates hijacked a Danish cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden and demanded a ransom of $7 million for the return of the ship and its crew. The ship's owner countered...
Tags: Movies, Piracy, Theft
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The assault on women
The disturbing case of a Somali woman who alleged she was raped by security forces, only to be convicted by a court Tuesday of making a false claim and insulting the state, has outraged human rights groups and advocates for women's rights around the...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, U.S. Department of State, Ban Ki-moon, Sex Crimes, Barack Obama
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Jail time for journalist and Somali woman who alleged rape
A woman who accused Somali security forces of raping her must spend a year behind bars for making a “false accusation” and insulting the government, a Mogadishu court ruled Tuesday. Court official Ahmed Aden Farah said medical evidence showed...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Prisons, Ban Ki-moon, Sex Crimes, Government
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Somalia charges woman who said she was raped by troops
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Somalia has charged a woman who said she was raped by government troops, accusing her of making a false accusation and insulting a government body, according to Human Rights Watch. A freelance journalist who talked to the woman also faces charges, along...Tags: United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Prisons, Government, Sex Crimes
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Man convicted in plot to bomb Oregon Christmas tree ceremony
A former Oregon State University student who had written of the need for jihad to “break the enemy’s will” was convicted Thursday of trying to detonate a truck bomb during a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore.,...
Tags: FBI, Police Investigations, Al-Qaeda, Explosions, Religious Conflicts
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Joel Brinkley: Falling birth rates portend a very different world
American VoicesHANOI -- As the new year dawns, the world is rapidly growing old, and I'm not talking about the earth beneath our feet. No, birth rates for nearly all of humankind are plummeting. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of the world's nations are now experiencing...Tags: Population and Census, Central Intelligence Agency, Demographics, Joel Brinkley, Stanford University
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French agent, soldier reported killed in botched raid in Somalia
PARIS -- A French secret service agent kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists in Somalia was killed in an attempt to free him, the government here said Saturday. The French Defense Ministry said Denis Allex was fatally shot by his Al Shabab captors in...
Tags: Armed Conflicts
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Somali woman sentenced to eight years for helping terrorist group
L.A. NOWA 25-year-old Somali woman living in San Diego was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to sending money to a suspected terrorist group in her native country.... -
Solutions to poverty, population growth, global warming [Google+ Hangout]
World NowAs experts from three continents convene this week at UC Berkeley to discuss rapid population growth, climate change and other intractable problems, The Times will hold a live online video discussion -- via Google+ Hangout -- Thursday on potential... -
Suicide blasts at Mogadishu cafe reportedly kill 15
World NowSuicide bombers set off at least two explosions at a popular restaurant in Mogadishu late Thursday, killing about 15 people including journalists and two police officers, authorities said.... -
Somali troops take key port of Kismayo after Al Shabab rebels retreat
World NowSomali troops and their foreign allies occupied the key city of Kismayo, the last strategic base for Islamist militants who had relied on the local port as an main source of revenue....
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