Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew AP (November 10, 2009) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Pirates have hijacked a Panamanian-flagged ship with 18 crew off the east coast of Africa, the latest in an increasing number of attacks, a Somali businessman said Tuesday.
Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack AP (November 09, 2009) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have launched an attack on an oil tanker farther out at sea than any previous assault.
Poor countries see troubling rise in breast cancer AP (November 03, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" - and with him, the family's income.
Freed Irishwoman: Darfur kidnappers terrorized me AP (October 19, 2009) DUBLIN (AP) - A freed Irish aid worker held captive for three months in Darfur said Monday that her captors terrorized her and a Ugandan friend by repeatedly staging their mock executions using live gunfire.