Sympathizes with father of Somali pirate hostage.

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Rescue Made Obama Think of Daughters

Pro-government forces launch a major offensive from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to seize territory from al-Shabab Islamist militants.

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Somalia forces attack al-Shabab

The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates after boarding a dhow in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence says, as part of a Nato-led operation.

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Royal Navy takes Somali pirates

The Kenyan army says it has killed 60 Somali al-Shabab militia fighters in air strikes and is determined to “break their spine completely”.

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Kenyans ‘kill al-Shabab rebels’

In a high-seas operation mixing diplomacy, drama and Middle Eastern politics, American sailors boarded the mother ship of Somali pirates and freed 13 Iranian hostages who had been captive since November.

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For Iranians Held by Pirates, U.S. to the Rescue

Guidelines on when ships sailing under British flags can use “lethal force” against Somali pirates must be clarified, MPs say.

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Clarify piracy defence laws – MPs

Ethiopian forces capture most of the central Somali town of Beledweyne from Islamist militants of al-Shabab, reports say.

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Ethiopia army ‘takes Somali town’

Two aid workers shot dead in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are identified as Belgian and Indonesian nationals.

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Killed Somalia aid workers named

The UN office for Somalia is moving to Mogadishu from Nairobi, Ban Ki-moon announces on a rare visit to the Somali capital.

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UN head Ban Ki-moon in Mogadishu

The Somali capital Mogadishu is hit by some of the fiercest fighting in the city in months, in a major setback for the government.

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Fierce clashes in Somali capital

The crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel have overwhelmed a group of armed Somali pirates who hijacked their boat last week.

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Pirates defeated by fishing crew

NAIROBI, Kenya — Grenade blasts at a blue-collar bar and a crowded bus stop rattled Nairobi on Monday, as the country worried whether al-Qaida-linked militants from Somalia were carrying out their promise to launch reprisal attacks in Kenya’s capital. The attacks came only two days after the U.S. warned of “imminent” terror attacks. The U.S. warning had implied that the Somali group al-Shabab would carry out reprisals in response to Kenyan troops’ invasion of Somalia in mid-October. The militants had promised to unleash terror attacks in Nairobi in retaliation for the offensive. Read full article > >

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2 grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead after blue-collar bus stop, working class bar targeted

A British couple who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for more than a year criticise efforts by the Foreign Office to secure their release.

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Chandlers criticise rescue effort

A disabled French national who is believed to have been seized by Somali gunmen has died in captivity, the French government said.

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British and US naval forces rescue an Italian ship hijacked by Somali pirates, freeing 11 crew members.

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Naval forces rescue hijacked ship