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Somalia : A court in Denmark sends two Somali boys to prison

Denmark(RBC Radio) A court a Denmark has sentenced two Somali citizens to prison, the two were accused of being members of Al-shabaab group. Guled Mohamed Warsame and Noor Mohamed Warsame who are brothers were both charged on different accounts. Guled … read more »

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Bendtner is confident he will leave Arsenal

Nicklas Bendtner is confident he will leave Arsenal before the close of the transfer window, despite rejecting several offers from other clubs. The Denmark international is not in manager Arsene Wenger’s plans at the Emirates and is widely expected to … read more »

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The Price of European Immigration

In his 2008 book Et Delt Folk(“A Nation Divided”), The Danish historian and writer Morten Uhrskov Jensen carefully went through publicly available sources. He demonstrated that the opening up of his country for mass immigration was arranged by just part … read more »

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Euro 2012: Portugal sink Danish vikings in five-goal thriller

Substitute Silvestre Varela kept alive Portugal’s hopes of qualifying from Euro 2012 Group B with a late strike to spare the blushes of some of his more illustrious team-mates in Lviv. The Porto forward smashed home the winner having come … read more »

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Consensual sex can lead to as many injuries as rape

Vaginal injuries are as common in voluntary sex as they are in rapes, a new study indicates. The research carried out in Denmark casts doubt on the commonly held view that vaginal injuries are evidence that intercourse has been forced. … read more »

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Rwandan ‘can’t be tried in Denmark’

Copenhagen – A Copenhagen appeals court ruled Monday that Denmark’s law on genocide cannot be used to prosecute a Rwandan man charged with killing Tutsis during the 1994 genocide and dismissed his case. “The wording of the [1955] law does … read more »

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Vietnam firm pays $2m to free ship

Hanoi – A Vietnamese shipping firm paid more than $2m in ransom to free its crewmen held for months by Somali pirates, a company executive said on Monday after the sailors arrived home. All 24 Vietnamese crew members landed on … read more »

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Captive Algerian sailors’ health critical

Algiers – Several Algerian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates since their capture in January are critically ill, with no food or water, their families said Wednesday after speaking to the captives. The 17 seamen were among the 27 crew … read more »

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Somali pirates release Danish family

Copenhagen – Somali pirates have released a Danish family, with three teenage children, and two other Danes who they took hostage in February, the Danish foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “The seven Danes have been released and brought to safety,” … read more »

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Fighting Piracy Together

Maritime piracy can’t be condemned too strongly. It is a breach to the most fundamental principles of modern civilization. In the worst-hit areas off the Horn of Africa, no seafarers — whether on merchant ships or even yachts — can … read more »

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Denmark recognizes Libyan opposition NTC as legitimate representative

Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen (L) shakes hands with Ali Essawy, the foreign affairs representative of Libyan opposition National Transitional Council, during a press conference in Benghazi, Libya, June 22, 2011. Denmark announced Wednesday that it recognizes the Libyan opposition … read more »

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Danish pirate hostages in bad shape

Copenhagen – Two Danish hostages held since February by pirates off the Somali coast were reported to be ill but their captors were not willing to let a doctor see them, reports said on Sunday. The Danish woman and her … read more »

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Alcohol can increase cancer risk

Drinking a ‘safe’ amount of alcohol below the recommended daily limit increases the risk of developing cancer, with the danger remaining even if you become teetotal, experts say. New research shows that one in ten cancers in men and one … read more »

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Danish hostages now in Somali village

Mogadishu – A group of seven Danes, including three adolescents, who were captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean over a week ago are now being detained in a village in northeast Somalia, an official said on Sunday. The Johansen … read more »

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Can Somaliland prisons handle 400 pirates?

AN INTERNATIONAL anti-piracy meeting in Denmark this week hammered out a judicial framework for how to handle captured pirates, paving the way for the building of special pirate prisons, the organiser said. The international working group’s ‘mandate was … to … read more »

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Pirate: Danes will die if rescue tried

Copenhagen – Any attempt to rescue a Danish family captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean will result their deaths – just like the four American sailors slain by their captors last week, a Somali pirate warned on Tuesday. Maritime … read more »

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WikiLeaks founder named ‘un-Australian of the Year’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was named “un-Australian of the Year” by a men’s magazine on Monday for publishing thousands of leaked US diplomatic cables on his whistleblowing site. Australian-born Assange edged out God, Denmark’s Princess Mary and Prime Minister Julia … read more »

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Somalia: The most corrupt country in the world – Video

Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are seen as having the least corruption in the world, according to a just-published global survey. Somalia is viewed as the most corrupt country. The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) is published annually by Transparency International, … read more »

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