Seychelles strives to defend territory against pirates
The Seychelles is engaged in an unprecedented military drive, enlisting foreign help to patrol its sprawling territory from the air and on the seas in a bid to keep marauding Somali pirates...
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Tue Dec 08 10:25:55 PST 2009
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Seychelles Offers New Debt for $311 Million Defaults (Update1)
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Seychelles has offered holders of more than $311 million of its defaulted debt to exchange the instruments for new securities, according to a statement.
Bloomberg,
Mon Dec 07 08:33:20 PST 2009
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Jet cemetery: Where do aircraft go when airlines go to the wall?
... most prolific aircraft boneyard, with dozens of passenger planes until recently operating in locations from the Seychelles to the Ukraine making one final, smoky flight across the glob...
The Independent,
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:22:45 GMT
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Seychelles Offers to Exchange Notes Due in 2011 for New Debt
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Seychelles offered new debt instruments to investors holding 54.8 million euros ($81.1 million) of amortizing notes due 2011 and $230 million in notes due 2011 yieldin...
Bloomberg,
Mon Dec 07 08:22:41 PST 2009
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US spy drones are latest weapon in fight against Somali piracy
US spy drones launched from the Seychelles have joined the fight against Somali piracy as the international community searches for ways to end the threat to global shipping routes.
World News from Times Online,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:36 GMT
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Seychelles Repackages Defaulted Debt Into Two Bonds, Exotix Says
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Seychelles will offer two new bonds to holders of more than $311 million of debt it defaulted on last year, according to Stuart Culverhouse, chief economist at Exotix ...
Bloomberg,
Mon Dec 07 07:48:18 PST 2009
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Kenyan courts on legal front line in battle to stop Somali pirates
... funding is being provided to support piracy prosecutions in Kenya and other courts in the region, notably in the Seychelles. As part of that, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Cri...
World News from Times Online,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:57:39 GMT
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Seychelles strives to defend territory against Somali pirates
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Mail and Guardian,
Tue Dec 08 23:34:27 PST 2009
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Fate of Pakistani crew of hijacked ship uncertain
... Kota Wajar. The ship was sea-jacked on October 15 by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean about 500km north of the Seychelles Islands in the Gulf of Aden. Captain Zaidi's wife, Farah, sa...
Gulf Times,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:32:47 GMT
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US spy drones are latest weapon in fight against Somali piracy
US spy drones launched from the Seychelles have joined the fight against Somali piracy as the international community searches for ways to end the threat to global shipping routes.
Times Online,
Wed Dec 09 13:49:23 PST 2009
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Seychellois man's Herculean pirate treasure hunt
... treasure Olivier Levasseur is thought to have buried somewhere near his house in Bel Ombre, in the north of the Seychelles' main island of Mahe. Standing near a rock just yards from hi...
The Age,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:42:50 GMT
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Seychellois man's Herculean pirate treasure hunt
BEL OMBRE, Seychelles (AFP) - While his country is busy fending off proliferating Somali pirates, Seychellois history teacher John Cruise-Wilkins is tormented by one French pirate who died ...
AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News,
Wed Dec 09 10:13:22 PST 2009
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Only 5.4% of world's population covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws
... tobacco industry marketing. * Six more countries -- Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, the Netherlands and Seychelles -- levied tobacco taxes higher than 75% of retail price. * Of...
WebWire,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:32:47 GMT
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US spy drones are latest weapon in fight against Somali piracy
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MalaysiaNews.net,
Wed Dec 09 15:22:27 PST 2009
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Timeline: Seychelles
A chronology of key events: 1502 - Portugal's Vasco da Gama explores the Seychelles.
BBC,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:28:40 GMT
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Seychelles: Malaysia cancels part of debt
VICTORIA: State-owned Export-Import Bank of Malaysia has cancelled debt worth US$5.5 million (US$1 = RM3.41) owed by the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean archipelago's government said yesterday...
Business Times (Malaysia),
Sun Dec 06 09:36:19 PST 2009
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Only 5.4 pct of worlds people covered by smoke free laws in 2008: WHO
... n from tobacco industry marketing. Six more countries-Czech Republic, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, the Netherlands and Seychelles-levied tobacco taxes higher than 75 percent of retail price....
AndhraNews,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:26:53 GMT
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 855
As of Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, at least 855 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, accor...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Wed Dec 09 17:39:48 PST 2009
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Seychelles strives to defend territory against Somali pirates
The Seychelles is engaged in an unprecedented military drive, enlisting foreign help to patrol its sprawling territory from the air and on the seas in a bid to keep marauding Somali pirates...
Mail & Guardian,
Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:35:01 GMT
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NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 9 December 2009
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below.
SpaceRef,
Wed Dec 09 17:28:46 PST 2009
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