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Piracy threatens EA sea transport

Piracy in the Indian Ocean is now considered the biggest threat to marine transportation in the East African sea routes, according to regional military officials, who warned that the problem has been

Somali piracy lull linked to harsh sea winds

Somali pirates have been unable to step into the sea to prey on merchant shipping lines in the Gulf of Eden due to the harsh conditions at sea, leading to a drop in the frequency of attacks, naval sou

Mohammed Merah

TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - French police were trying Wednesday to negotiate the surrender of a suspected Islamist militant holed up in a flat after shootings that left seven dead, including three Jewish

French police corner Toulouse shootings suspect

TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - A blast rang out Wednesday as French police besieged a flat where an Islamist suspect in a series of deadly shootings was holed up, claiming he had acted to avenge Palestinian

St. Petersburg vs. gays: Scandal of global scale

Until recently, Moscow authorities were the prime enemy of the Russian gay community.

Are Central America's 'Maras' Spreading South?

On May 25 last year, 19-year-old Peruvian Oscar Barrientos shot and killed his father in their home in Callao, a city just west of Lima.

Norwegian terrorist inspires business

What should be the reaction of people when a store opens in a walking distance?

My smartphone, the spy: protecting privacy in a mobile age

Around the turn of the century, the FBI was pursuing a case against a suspect—rumored to be Las Vegas strip-club tycoon Michael Galardi, though documents in the case are still sealed—when it hit upon

LinkedIn is a hacker's dream tool

SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- If you use LinkedIn, you've probably told the site where you work, what you do and who you work with.

Are you a terrorist?'The simple question being asked at an airport which could rumble a suicide bomber

Airport security checks are not only intrusive, demeaning and a mind-numbing drain on our precious time. They don't actually work.