Friday, February 24, 2012

UN votes to increase African force in Somalia (AP)

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A team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey approach two Yemeni dhows intercepted during routine maritime security operations in the Gulf of Aden February 21, 2012, in this handout supplied by the U.S. Navy February 22, 2012. Halsey is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational, mission-based task force working under Combined Maritime Forces, to conduct counter-piracy operations in the Southern Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.     REUTERS/MCS 1st class Krishna Jackson/U.S. Navy/Handout  (GULF OF ADEN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize an increase in the African Union force in Somalia from 12,000 to about 17,700 and expand its areas of operation in an effort to intensify pressure on al-Shabab militants who recently joined al-Qaida.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120222/ap_on_re_us/un_un_somalia

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