Africa Oil hatches Somalia deal
Africa Oil hatches Somalia deal Upstream Online Friday, May 13, 2011 Canadian independent Africa Oil has penned a letter of intent with a mystery drilling outfit in advanced of a planned exploration well in Somalia. The company has also set up a new company focused on exploration in the war-torn Horn of Africa country’s semi-autonomous Puntland region. Africa...
Somali pirates jailed for 439 years in Spanish court
Tuesday, May 03, 2011 A SPANISH court has sentenced two Somalis to 439 years in jail each for the 2009 hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat in the Indian Ocean and said government-linked bodies paid a ransom to secure the boat and crew’s release. The National Court also said that those convicted were Cabdiweli Cabdullahi and Raageggesey Hassan Aji. The Alakrana...
Somaliland Plans to Halt Use of Somali Shilling by Mid-June
Nairobi, Kenya(Bloomberg) — Somaliland’s central bank will begin exchanging 7 billion Somali shillings ($4.37 million) of notes for its own currency next month as part of a plan to stop using the Somali currency in the autonomous region by mid-June. “We are preparing for the Somaliland shilling to be used all over Somaliland,” Central Bank of Somaliland Governor Abdi...
Somali Migrants still flowing to Yemen despite crisis
Somali Migrants still flowing to Yemen despite crisis Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Hassan Abdel Moneim Mostafa, a Middle East regional adviser for the IOM, said Yemen’s crisis was complicating efforts to provide aid to African migrants and Yemenis displaced by an on-off civil war in the north. “The challenges we have in Yemen are the inflows from Djibouti,...
Boiler rooms: ‘I lost £400,000 in a share scam’
Boiler room fraudsters are using new tactics to persuade investors to pay tens of thousands of pounds for non-existent shares. The City of London police and the Financial Services Authority are warning investors to be on their guard. The low interest rate environment has made Middle England savers the perfect targets for the scams, known as “boiler room” fraud. “Middle-aged,...
New Jersey Transit Worker, Fired After Burning Koran, Wins Back His Job
A New Jersey Transit worker who was fired after burning pages of a Koran during a demonstration in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 11 last year has been reinstated, reimbursed for lost wages and benefits, and awarded $25,000 in compensation for the pain and suffering caused by his dismissal. The reinstatement of the worker, Derek Fenton of Bloomingdale, N.J., was announced on Thursday...
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Martin’s “Jetpack ” Is Now Available for The Mass
The “affordable” dream of flying is now reality. The jet packs are expected soon to go into production for $83,919 What James Bond in Thunderball has shown us, should soon…
Colonel Gaddafi ‘parades through Tripoli in a jeep to delight of supporters
Although Libya’s capital is under attack, there is Muammar al-Gaddafi driving around in an open carriage and cheering to his followers. Wearing a green safari hat, dark glasses and a…
Google Plans its Own Television with 20 Channels Cost: $100 Million
With professionally created content, Google intends to make its YouTube video platform more attractive. According to the Wall Street Journal first 20 channels are planned. Cost: $ 100 million. YouTube…
Historian claims The Murder of Malcom X is Still On Free Foot
A new biography of Malcolm X contains explosive.The FBI knew of the conspiracy to murder the black leader. The main offender living unmolested in New York. A familiar name has…
Dodge The Poilice Check-Poins With the New Apple and Google Apps
Several Ministers of Justice in the U.S. warn of smartphone apps that guides drivers to drive around police check-points. RIM has already responded, but Apple and Google are hesitating to ban…
New Navy Laser Weapon Technology Will Be Used Against Pirates
Against wind and high waves, the U.S. military has tested at sea a “High Energy Laser.” With resounding success, shows a video posted on YouTube. With clouds overhead in the…
Rip Off Report with Frightening Fake Viruses and Trojans “Scare Ware”
With nasty tricks PC users are tempted to buy alleged security programs. The fraudulent “security software” is deceptively fabricating fictitious computer problems that don’t exist. The massive attack managed to inject the…
Who’s Faster? Lamborghini Reventon vs. Jet Fighter
Car vs. jet stunts are kind of ridiculous, but they’re entertaining nonetheless. The more exotic the hardware, the better the entertainment, and Lamborghini’s Reventón is about as exotic as it…
