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Beyond illegal fishing, foreign ships have also long been accused by local fishermen of dumping toxic and nuclear waste off Somalia's shores. A 2005 United Nations Environmental Program report cited uranium radioactive and other hazardous deposits leading to a rash of respiratory ailments and skin diseases breaking out in villages along the Somali coast. According to the U.N., at the time of the report, it cost $2.50 per ton for a European company to dump these types of materials off the Horn of Africa, as opposed to $250 per ton to dispose of them cleanly in Europe...
Monitoring and combating any of these misdeeds is next to impossible - Somalia's current government can barely find its feet in the wake of the 2006 U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion. And many Somalis, along with outside observers, suspect local officials in Mogadishu and in ports in semi-autonomous Puntland further north of accepting bribes from foreign fishermen as well as from pirate elders. U.N. monitors in 2005 and 2006 suggested an embargo on fish taken from Somali waters, but their proposals were shot down by members of the Security Council. (See photos of dramatic pirate rescues...
...like a rock star; he could probably fill the stadium,” said Professor of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Leonard W. J. van der Kuijp. “He is a very kind and charismatic man, and many will be excited to see him.” Local Tibetans crafted a throne for the Dalai Lama to sit on during the teaching, which they unveiled last Saturday. “We are very excited and honored to host His Holiness, so a local Tibetan carpenter and tailor built a throne for His Holiness,” said Pema...
...Massachusetts House of Representatives unveiled their version of the state budget on Wednesday, a plan that closes the $3.6 billion budget shortfall with federal stimulus funds, cuts in services and programs, and a reduction in local aid to cities and towns.The House Ways and Means committee submitted a $27.44 billion budget for fiscal year 2010—$532 million less than what was proposed by Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 three months ago. That same month, Patrick made a midyear budget cut of $128 million, leading to a local aid decrease of approximately $2.6 million...
...regional leaders, attempted to physically attack Prime Minister Abhisit on two occasions, and launched a sometimes violent an chaotic protest in the capital, during which they burned buses, set off small bombs, threatened to blow up a gas tanker, blocked traffic on major roads, and shot and killed two local non-protestors who objected to their invasion of a neighborhood market...