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• 4 American hostages killed by pirates, U.S. says

  February 22, 2011 in Nation/World Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Monday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been … 10

• Terrorism suspects appear in court

  June 8, 2010 in City on Page A3 NEWARK, N.J. – Two New Jersey men accused of trying to join a terrorist group in Somalia intended to commit acts of violence even though their plans appeared haphazard, a …

• Agents tracked pair for 4 years

  June 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Two U.S. citizens were arrested at JFK International Airport as they tried to leave the country to join an Islamic terrorist group in Somalia and plot attacks against …

• Eight more face terror charges

  November 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Federal authorities unsealed criminal charges Monday against eight suspects alleged to be part of a U.S. recruiting network that sent young men to fight in Somalia – one … 1

• Somali president blasts terror recruiting

  October 5, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 ST. PAUL, Minn. – The president of Somalia on Sunday denounced the recruiting of young men from Minnesota’s huge Somali community for terrorist activity in his war-ravaged homeland, and said …

• U.S. has begun sending weapons to help Somalia

  June 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has begun sending arms to the government of Somalia, officials said Thursday, in an escalation of its commitment to one of the world’s most troubled …

• Somali extremists may be radicalizing Americans

  March 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – Senior U.S. counterterrorism officials are stepping up warnings that Islamist extremists in Somalia are radicalizing Americans to their cause, citing their successful recruitment of the first U.S. citizen …

• World in brief: Hamas says longer truce acceptable

  February 13, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 The deputy leader of Hamas said Thursday night that the Islamic militant group agreed to an 18-month truce with Israel for the Gaza Strip, the official Egyptian news agency reported. …

• Islamist cleric sworn in as Somalia’s president

  February 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A5 NAIROBI, Kenya – A moderate Islamist cleric was sworn in Saturday as Somalia’s new president, a widely popular choice that could mark a turning point for the troubled Horn of …

• Somalia’s president planning to resign

  December 25, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A7 NAIROBI, Kenya – The embattled president of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf, is expected to resign after a bitter struggle for control of his country’s interim government, Western diplomats said Wednesday. Yusuf’s …

• U.N. vote allows raids on pirates

  December 17, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted Tuesday to authorize nations to conduct military raids, on land and by air, against pirates plying the waters off the Somalia …