We have started to collect the most important news related to Somalia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
International donors pledge more than $250m (£172m) to boost security in Somalia, the EU development commissioner says.
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Islamist cleric Sheikh Aweys returns to Somalia after two years in exile, in what analysts say is a highly significant move.
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Ban Ki-moon warns against sending a UN peacekeeping force to Somalia, saying it could worsen the country's conflict.
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Somali raider defends career of high seas plunder
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A Somali teenager captured by the US during the rescue of an American sea captain from pirates appears in court in New York.
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Somali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months, but it is not known if a ransom was paid.
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Somali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months, but it is not known if a ransom was paid.
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A Somali teenager accused of being one of the pirates who held a US sea captain hostage is flown to New York to face trial.
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Somali pirates release a Togo-flagged cargo ship seized last week after a $100,000 (£68,000) ransom is reportedly paid.
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Two aid workers with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) are abducted along with their bodyguards in central Somalia.
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A Somali pirate attack on a Norwegian tanker is foiled by Nato warships and helicopters after a dramatic pursuit.
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Dutch commandos have freed 20 Yemenis who had been held by Somali pirates after they attacked a tanker, Nato says.
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Karen Allen considers the challenges in tackling the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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US sea captain Richard Phillips gets a hero's welcome at his Vermont hometown following his dramatic rescue from pirates.
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Three suspected Somali pirates held by France are charged with hijacking and false imprisonment, French prosecutors say.
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Mapping the global effects of Somalia's sea-raiders
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A Somali man captured by the US navy during a confrontation with pirates is to be tried in New York, US officials say.
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Eleven Somali pirates captured by a French warship are being taken to Kenya for trial, the French defence ministry says.
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The American sea captain rescued from Somali pirates arrives in Kenya, as his crew land back in the US.
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Piracy is a symptom of Somalia's bigger problems
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A French warship captures 11 Somali pirates off Kenya, amid calls for greater international resolve in dealing with piracy.
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Pirates attack a US cargo ship off Somalia in the latest of a spate of incidents - but this time the attempt fails.
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Somali pirates hijack four vessels in 48 hours, capturing two cargo ships and two fishing boats carrying dozens of people.
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Somali insurgents fire mortars towards the plane of a US Congressman visiting Mogadishu.
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The US crew of the Maersk Alabama urge President Obama to end the "crisis" of Somali piracy.
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Snipers pick off Somali pirates holding a US captain hostage in a dramatic rescue authorised by US President Barack Obama.
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Four ex-hostages held on a yacht off Somalia have returned to France after being freed by French forces.
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Somali elders launch a fresh attempt to resolve the stand-off between the US navy and pirates holding a US captain hostage.
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Somali pirates holding a US captain hostage warn that the use of force to rescue him could result in "disaster".
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A French hostage dies but four others, including a child, are freed in a rescue by French forces on a yacht off Somalia.
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A US captain was recaptured by Somali pirates after trying to swim from their lifeboat, US media reports say.
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A US warship eyes the lifeboat in which Somali pirates are holding an American captain, as other warships are dispatched.
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FBI hostage negotiators are trying to free a US cargo ship captain held by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.
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US crew members recapture their hijacked ship from Somali pirates but their captain is still being held on a lifeboat, reports say.
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US crew members recapture their hijacked ship from Somali pirates but their captain is still being held on a lifeboat, reports say.
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The US crew of a ship seized by pirates off Somalia has retaken control of the ship, Pentagon sources say.
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Somali pirates hijack a ship with a 20-strong US crew, after what maritime officials describe as a sustained night-time attack.
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Somali pirates seize a British-owned ship and a Taiwanese vessel, officials say, after taking other vessels over the weekend.
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Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners' group reports.
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Kenya's deportation of Somali asylum-seekers could break international law, the UN refugee agency says.
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A former Somali minister and four other people accompanying him are killed in Mogadishu.
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Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, Nato shipping officials say.
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Somalia's interior minister survives an assassination attempt in a deadly Mogadishu blast.
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Four Kenyan education officials are detained by Somali Islamists after crossing the border.
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Somali leaders tell Osama Bin Laden not to interfere, after he called for Somalia's president to be ousted.
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Pirates seize a Greek-owned cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, Greek officials say.
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