Somalia’s Pirates Flourish in a Lawless Nation

Posted by Matt in November 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Africa, 50 Million, Chaos, Countless Children, Desperation, Economy, Flourish, Handful, Lawlessness, Mogadishu, Piracy, Pirate, Pirates, Pirates Of Somalia, Profits, Somalia

This is the story of Somalia’s booming, not-so-underground pirate economy. The country is in chaos, countless children are starving and people are killing one another in the streets of Mogadishu, the capital, for a handful of grain.
But one particular line of work — piracy — seems to be benefiting quite openly from all this lawlessness [...]

Half of Poles Fear Russian Attack

Posted by Matt in August 19th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Brussels, Caucasus, Conflict, Desperation, Eastern European Countries, Foreign Policy, Gerhard SchröDer, Merkel, NATO, Nato Ministers, Neighbor, Opinion Poll, Photo Gallery, Poland, Policy Crisis, Russia, Russian Attack, Spiegel, Vladimir Putin, West Germany

As NATO ministers gather in Brussels to discuss how tough to get with Russia after the Georgian crisis, an opinion poll shows one in two Poles fear an attack by Russia. Eastern European countries are unhappy with the response of the West. more…

The Dangerous Neighbor: Vladimir Putin Takes on a Powerless West
SPIEGEL Interview with Gerhard [...]

Mexico Cartel Violence

Posted by Matt in July 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Americas, Crime, Bbc News Uk, Brazen Attack, Cartels, Desperation, Drug Gang, Drugs, Gang Violence, Gunmen, Intelligence Agency, Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, Mexican Cartels, Mexico, Mexico Drug Cartels, Monsters And Critics, Reuters, Shootouts, Sinaloa Cartel, Star Mo, Traffickers, Turf War, Violence, Violence In Mexico, Winning The War

Mexico finds tons of cocaine in submarine
Reuters - 4 hours ago
… which they say would do more to weaken the cartels. Some 1700 people have been killed in drug gang violence in Mexico so far this year, and Calderon’s …

Mexico infiltrated
ISN, Switzerland - Jul 17, 2008
With a fast increase of police, will the government prevent [...]

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