U.S. destroyer pursuing hijacked ship in Somali waters, military says (News) 7 discussions A U.S. destroyer has entered Somali territorial waters in pursuit of a Japanese-owned ship loaded with benzene that was hijacked by pirates over the weekend, military officials said Monday. Tags: Kenya, U.S. Armed Forces, Armed Forces, NATO, Gulf Aden, United States, United Nations, USS Carter Hall, Burke, Mogadishu, Somalia, Yemen, U.S. Maritime Administration, Socotra, Horn Africa, Seafarers Assistance Program, U.S. Navy, USS Arleigh Burke,
	Crew wins deadly pirate battle off Somalia (News) 4 discussions The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday. Tags: USS Porter, U.S. Armed Forces, Somalia, USS Carter Hall, Gulf Aden, Armed Forces, Socotra, Yemen, James Williams, Terrorism, USS Arleigh Burke, United States, U.S. Armed Forces Activities, Andrew Mwangura, Mogadishu, War Conflict, Burke, U.S. Navy, U.
	'Hebrew Hammer' meets his match (Video) 1 discussions This is a Yemenite Israeli doing "Abir," (Knight, & acronym for religious verses) an ancient Yemenite martial art. He is speaking heavily inflected Hebrew. He uses Chi-Gong and Tai Chi-like movements.. Tags: Israel martial arts Yemen culture Yemenites Jews Jewish prayer
	Justice Department 'dismayed' over release of USS Cole bombing leader (News) 1 discussions U.S. law enforcement officials Friday blasted Yemen's release of one of the leaders of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 U.S. sailors. Tags: United States, Politics, U.S. Department Justice, Yemen, Aden, War Conflict, Federal Bureau Investigation, Rudolph Giuliani, U.S. Presidential Election, New York City, New York, Law Enforcement, U.S. Politics, Jamal al-Badawi, Elections Voting, US
	Report: China led world executions in 2007 (News) 1 discussions China reduced the number of executions it carried out last year but still executed more people than any other country in the world, Amnesty International said Tuesday in its annual report on the death.. Tags: Iran, Corporate Reporting, Company Activities Information, Politics, Business, Political Policy, China, Yemen, Beijing, Human Rights Policy, Capital Punishment, Saudi Arabia, Annual Reports, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Amnesty International, Socia
	Girl, 8, granted divorce in Yemen (News) 1 discussions A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly four times her age, and the girl's lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered the youngster removed from the control .. Tags: Sana\, Parenting, Yemen, Child Development, Arabian Peninsula, Mohammed al-Qady, Culture Lifestyle, Family
	Pirates grab cargo ships off Somalia coast (News) 1 discussions Two cargo ships have been hijacked in the Gulf of Aden between Yemen and Somalia, a Kenyan maritime official said Thursday. Tags: Yemen, Somalia, France, Andrew Mwangura, International Maritime Bureau, Cyrus Mody, Pirates, Kenya, Kenyan Seafarers Association, Puntland, United States, Gulf Aden, Lars Walder, Romania, United Kingdom, United Nations Security Council, Panama
	U.S. student, husband among dead in embassy attack in Yemen (News) 1 discussions Eighteen-year-old Susan El-Baneh and her husband of three weeks died holding hands, her brother said, victims of a terrorist attack Wednesday on the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Tags: Education, Prophet Muhammad, Al Qaeda, Lackawanna High School, United States, Lackawanna (New York), U.S. Embassy Yemen, Islam, Susan -Baneh, Peter Hazzan, Buffalo (New York), Yemen, Ahmed -Baneh, Elementary High School Education, Romance, Relationshi