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Blood on bylines

Shooting the messenger rings truer now than ever before with journalists making news by becoming easy targets on the street.

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Left to fend for themselves

Though the comrades would hate to admit it, the longest-serving democratically elected Communist government in the world was ousted by glaring historical and tactical follies of its own making.

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$5m pledged to fight piracy

DUBAI - It takes money to counter the common menace of piracy. In a major boost to the global drive against the scourge, the UN Trust Fund to Support the Initiatives of States to Counter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia received over $5 million in pledges on the final day of the counter-piracy conference on Tuesday.

Start in Somalia to fight rising piracy: Abdullah

DUBAI — The crisis dogging Somalia took centrestage at a conference on maritime piracy on Monday, with the UAE calling for a concerted, long-term international effort to restore stability and security in the country wracked by civil strife. UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, speaking at the conference, said the raging issue must be tackled through sustainable development in the failed state.