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Crew on US ship say Somali pirates hold captain (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:53 PM PDT

AP - The American crew of a hijacked U.S.-flagged ship retook control of the vessel from Somali pirates Wednesday but the captain was still being held hostage in a lifeboat hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa, crew members said.

Iran charges American journalist with espionage (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:39 PM PDT

AP - An American journalist jailed for more than two months in Iran has been charged with spying for the U.S., a judge said Wednesday, dashing hopes of a quick release days after her parents arrived in the country seeking her freedom.

For young Somalis, piracy offers power, prosperity (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT

AP - For young Somalis, piracy offers a life of adventure and money: At sea, they are armed with automatic weapons, rockets and grenades. On land, they are a cross between a town official and a gangster rapper with grand houses, luxury cars and beautiful wives.

Somali pirates find US ship — and a fight (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 05:04 PM PDT

AP - The equatorial sun had just passed high noon Wednesday when a text message flashed on reporters' cell phones in Nairobi: 17,000-ton boxship seized 400 miles off Somali coast.

Quake funerals begin in Italy as more bodies found (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:41 PM PDT

AP - Bells tolled in hilltowns across central Italy on Wednesday as the first funerals got under way for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. The Vatican granted a dispensation so a funeral Mass for most of the 272 dead could be celebrated on Good Friday.

Police bring forward terror raid after breach (AFP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 03:47 PM PDT

AFP - Police were forced to bring forward a major anti-terror operation Wednesday after a security breach in which a top officer was caught on camera displaying sensitive documents, reports said.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,266 (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 04:36 PM PDT

AP - As of Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at least 4,266 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Daughter launches crusade to clear Fujimori (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 02:53 PM PDT

AP - A day after a court imposed a 25-year sentence on former President Alberto Fujimori in death squad killings, his daughter predicted Wednesday that the ruling would backfire as she launched a "national crusade" to clear his name.

FBI raids in Minn. aimed at Africa money transfers (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 03:23 PM PDT

AP - Federal agents searched three money-transfer businesses in Minneapolis on Wednesday, carrying away boxes of documents and copying computer hard drives for details of transactions between the U.S. and several African nations.

NATO commander sees Afghans' support as priority (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 05:02 PM PDT

Reuters - The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has told his troops that winning Afghans' support is more important than killing insurgents, a strategy championed by the U.S. military in Iraq.

Australia's PM admits he has a nerdy reputation (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 01:04 AM PDT

AP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd admits he has a reputation as a nerd but he doesn't seem to mind.