Read more Somalia stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/55/somalia.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:24:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74677/minneapolis-terror-recruiters-charged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoin a terror group and have fun, make friends and see the world. That's the pitch federal authorities say a Minnesota terror gang used to recruit fellow Somali-Americans to fight overseas, according to new charges against 8 men. A total of 14 people have now been targeted in the probe...http://www.newser.com/story/74677/minneapolis-terror-recruiters-charged.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 1:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74606/pirates-holding-12-year-old-girl-for-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA just-released pirate hostage says the Somalian scallywags are holding a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl captive aboard the British ship Ariana. Captain Ricardo Blach, whose ship, the Alakrana, was released last week after six weeks of captivity, says the pirates at one point brought him aboard the Ariana, where he met...http://www.newser.com/story/74606/pirates-holding-12-year-old-girl-for-ransom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 9:29:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74293/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSomali pirates today attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, but guards on board the US-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt. When pirates attacked with automatic weapons early this morning about 350 nautical miles east of the Somali coast, guards on board the craft fired...http://www.newser.com/story/74293/maersk-alabama-repels-2nd-pirate-attack.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 6:30:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73809/best-war-movies-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn honor of Veterans Day, the Huffington Post runs down the best war movies of all time: Apocalypse Now: Vietnam War From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor Patton: World War II Braveheart: Scotland’s battle for independence Lawrence of Arabia: World War I Band of Brothers: World War II (and, yes,...http://www.newser.com/story/73809/best-war-movies-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New Jersey man yesterday became the first US citizen to sue the federal government for "rendition," the extrajudicial transfer of terrorism suspects between countries. Arrested in Kenya in 2007, Amir Meshal was secretly flown to Somalia, then to Ethiopia, where he claims US agents repeatedly threatened him with "torture,...http://www.newser.com/story/73776/first-us-citizen-sues-feds-for-rendition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:06:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72983/somali-pirates-demand-7m-ransom-for-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British couple abducted from their yacht at gunpoint are being held for $7 million ransom, a rep for the Somali pirates who kidnapped them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago in the Indian Ocean. "NATO operations had a lot of negative impact here," the...http://www.newser.com/story/72983/somali-pirates-demand-7m-ransom-for-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 17:02:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72899/somali-man-112-marries-teen-bride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 95-year age gap is no barrier to love, according to a 112-year-old Somali man who married a 17-year-old bride this week. Ahmed Muhamed Dhore—who told the BBC he still has his 1897 birth certificate written on goat skin—says he realized a dream by marrying his sixth wife....http://www.newser.com/story/72899/somali-man-112-marries-teen-bride.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 3:58:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72883/uk-yacht-couple-ok-with-somali-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British couple taken from their yacht by Somali pirates say they’re in good condition and are being held aboard a hijacked container ship. “We are well and being looked after OK,” Paul Chandler, 59, told the BBC by phone today; he also spoke to British channel ITN, saying the...http://www.newser.com/story/72883/uk-yacht-couple-ok-with-somali-pirates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 19:11:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72713/somali-women-whipped-for-wearing-bras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMuslim Shabaab religious enforcers in battered Somalia are finding time to whip Muslim women for wearing bras. They're being punished because the underwear accentuates breasts and in some cases gives a "fraudulent" impression to possible suitors, reports the Independent . "Al Shabaab now orders us to shake our breasts," one woman...http://www.newser.com/story/72713/somali-women-whipped-for-wearing-bras.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Oct 2009 2:15:29 CDT