Hijackers of ship off Somalia threaten to blow it up in 3 days if ransom ... | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ A spokesman for the group of pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia has threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid. | Sugule Ali t... (photo: Public Domain / inn)Newsday
NATO to send ships as Somali pirates ease demands | MOGADISHU, Somalia -- | NATO joined a growing international force to protect vessels off Somalia's perilous coast Thursday, sending military ships to the treacherous waters where pirates are negotia... (photo: Mass communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky/US Navy)Lexington Herald-Leader
Oil plunges to 13-month low on global slowdown NEW YORK - Oil prices plunged in another violent sell-off Friday, briefly tumbling below $78 a barrel as investors grow more pessimistic about the prospects for resolving a mushrooming global economic... (photo: WN / tamer)San Diego BarrelEconomyOilPhotosPrice
Oil falls near 13-month low on global slowdown | NEW YORK - Oil prices briefly plunged below $79 a barrel Friday, dropping to the lowest level in nearly 13 months as investors grow more pessimistic about the prospects... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)Houston Chronicle CompanyIndustryMoneyOilPhotos
Wars without end | It is all in the language and the timing of the leaks. The White House has been incredibly slow to grasp the reality of the unremitting chaos in Afghanistan. But with i... (photo: USMC file/LCpl. Justin Mason)Canberra Times AfghanistanIntelligencePhotosSecurityWashington
