Somali Pirates Release Tanker, North Korean Crew After ... - All Headline News
The vessel, flying under a Kiribati flag, had been heading for Mombasa, Kenya, when it was hijacked. Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program reported the ransom was about $3.5 million. Despite international naval patrols ...
Ma to visit South Pacific allies, ask for UN support - Taipei Times
Taiwan is also keen to share its experience of developing alternative energy industries with its allies, especially Tuvalu, Marshall Islands and Kiribati, atoll countries highly vulnerable to climate change, Yang told a press conference yesterday.
Somali pirates release chemical tanker, crew - Presstv
On November 16 last year, the 22,294 deadweight ton MV Theresa VIII, a Virgin Islands owned and Kiribati-flagged chemical tanker was seized in the south Somali Basin, northwest of the Seychelles with 28 crew members on board. The vessel was released ...
Coast Guard search for 2 men overboard continues - KTUU
The Coast Guard says the men, ages 29 and 42, are from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. Neither was believed to be wearing a life vest or survival suit. The Hanjin Pretoria's master reported the crewmen overboard Thursday afternoon, about 850 ...
Coast Guard searches for 2 men overboard - Juneau Empire
The Coast Guard said the men, ages 29 and 42, are from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. Neither was believed to be wearing a life vest or survival suit. The Hanjin Pretoria's master reported the crewmen overboard Thursday afternoon, about 850 ...
2009 Human Rights Reports: Kiribati - U.S. Department of State
Kiribati is a constitutional multiparty republic with a population of approximately 92,500. The president exercises executive authority and is popularly elected for a four-year term. The legislative assembly nominates at least three, and no more than ...
2 LD Writethru: Chemical tanker set free by Somali ... - Investors Business Daily
The Kiribati flagged vessel was seized four months ago about 618 nautical miles Northwest of the Seychelles on its way to the Kenyan port of Mombasa. Mwangura said the Singaporean-operated chemical tanker was seized in the south of the Horn of ...
Sour grapes in New Zealand fruit-picking scheme - FreshPlaza
Dozens of workers from the tiny island nation of Kiribati were housed in overcrowded conditions and after spending most of their lives in a hot climate, struggled to cope with the cold in some parts of New Zealand. They also encountered problems such ...
Coast Guard cutter Walnut returns after missions - Honolulu Advertiser
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Walnut returned today after a two-month patrol involving multiple missions in the Pacific. The cutter traveled more than 5,000 miles and visited American Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Johnston Island and Samoa. The missions included ...
Pasifika: Island life hits the Springs - New Zealand Herald
The show, which starts at 7pm, features performers from 10 Pacific communities - Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Tahiti, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Maori - with performances based around the festival's 2010 themes of the molokau (centipede ...
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Sources: Missile strike kills top al-Qaida leader
A missile strike killed a top al-Qaida leader believed to have been a key player in the suicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say.
2 suspects held in Berlin poker heist
A man who admits he took part in a raid on a poker tournament in Berlin surrenders to authorities and identified three suspected accomplices, one of whom is later arrested, officials say.
Israel lifts West Bank closure
 Israel lifts its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and calls off an extended West Bank closure.
CIA chief: Al-Qaida crippled, leaders hiding
 Relentless attacks against al-Qaeda in the Pakistan tribal region appear to have driven Osama bin Laden and other top leaders deeper into hiding, CIA Director Leon Panetta says.
Analysis: Flap adds to Obama’s Mideast woes
Analysis: President Barack Obama faces a tough path to peace in the Middle East after the rage over an Israel plan to build housing in east Jerusalem and the diplomatic slap that ensued.
Wrong religion: Israeli ruins re-identified
 Israeli archaeologists have announced that ruins long thought to be of an ancient synagogue are actually the remains of a palace used by Muslim caliphs 1,300 years ago.
Report: N. Korea executes former official
North Korea has executed a former senior official after holding him responsible for the country's botched currency reform, a news report said Thursday.
Pope: Irish church ‘severely shaken’ by abuse
 Pope Benedict XVI hopes a letter he plans to send to Irish Catholics about the child sex abuse scandal in the church will help with "repentance, healing and renewal."
Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says
A powerful cyclone destroyed more than half the houses in many villages in northern Fiji, but only one death has been reported, officials said Thursday.
Pakistan charges five Americans with terrorism
 A Pakistani court formally charged five Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, in a case that has raised alarm over the danger posed by militants using the Internet.
Turkey threatens to deport 100,000 Armenians
Armenians living in Turkey without citizenship could be ordered to leave after U.S. and Swedish lawmakers vote to define 90-year-old killings of Armenians as genocide.
Fake French show has players electrocuting others
A state-run TV channel is stirring controversy with a documentary about a fake game show in which participants obey orders to deliver powerful electric shocks to a man until he appears to die.
13 killed, many missing in Nepal bus accident
A crowded bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a river in western Nepal on Thursday, killing at least 13 people and leaving many more missing, officials said.
Mexican marines raid town police force, nab 8 cops
VILLALDAMA, Mexico — Mexican marines detained more than half the police force of a northern rural town Wednesday for suspected ties to drug cartels.
Machete attack on Nigeria village kills at least 13
Raiders armed with machetes killed at least 13 people in an attack on a village near the central Nigeria city of Jos Wednesday, close to where hundreds have died in sectarian violence this year.
Taliban launch fear campaign in Marjah
 After losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban are fighting back, launching a campaign of assassination, threats to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its allies.
Fear grips Mexican border families
 Parents in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas, are afraid to venture into the streets amid a turf war between two powerful drug cartels.
Accused U.S. drug lord eludes police
 The Dominican Republic's most wanted man is an American who for 10 years has fed his mystique by pulling off narrow escapes and taunting police.
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