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This is an archive article published on June 20, 2011

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A Somali court has jailed six foreigners including three Britons and an American for illegally carrying millions of dollars into the country to pay ransoms to pirates.

Britons,American jailed over ransom to pirates in Somalia

MOGADISHU: A Somali court has jailed six foreigners including three Britons and an American for illegally carrying millions of dollars into the country to pay ransoms to pirates. We sentenced two of them to fifteen years imprisonment,judge Hashi Elmi said.

Yelena Bonner,Soviet critic,dies

MOSCOW: Yelena Bonner,a relentless critic of human rights abuses by Soviet-era authorities and the widow of Nobel Peace laureate Andrei Sakharov,has died in the US at the age of 88,her children said. No other details were provided.

Obama campaign on Facebook,Twitter

Washington: US President Barack Obama has started campaigning for the 2012 presidential polls through online mediums like Facebook and Twitter. Obamas campaign said he will tweet regularly and his tweets will be signed -BO.

Yemeni clerics call for presidential polls

SANAA: More than 100 influential religious clerics called for the Yemeni presidents ouster and elections to choose a new leader. They gave their support to opposition movement seeking ouster of Ali Abdullah Saleh.

 

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