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Seychelles has consistently supported India's candidature for a permanent membership in an expanded United Nations Security Council. The re-entry of Seychelles as a member of the IOR-ARC will further make the organization more representative and I hope Seychelles will benefit from it
fallout from the Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian island Giglio in January, will extend through 2012, the company said. Carnival’s troubles grew when another Costa Cruises ship, the Allegra, was towed to shore to the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean after catching fire on Feb. 27, and 22 guests on the Carnival Splendor were robbed on land in Mexico.
There are only 500 prisoners in Seychelles fifth of those are Somalis, who have been captured and imprisoned because of piracy, other countries such as Kenya have reached full capacity in terms of taking in Somali pirates.More quotes »
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Seychelles: 17 jailed pirates move to Somaliland
-- The Seychelles government has transferred 17 convicted Somali pirates to prisons in Somaliland because of overcrowding in its prisons, official said Thursday.Seychelles Minister of Home Affairs and Transport Joel Morgan said this is the first time pirates Read more »
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Alarm, life vests and lifeboats: Cruise ship docks
Stiekema said Thursday that anti-piracy measures were in place on the Allegra, though he wouldn't detail what they were. A Seychelles official said earlier that armed guards were traveling on board.Cobb said the cruise company called her with an update again Read more »
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In Seychelles, scary moments described aboard ship
-- Hot and tired passengers disembarking from a disabled cruise ship Thursday in the Seychelles said they had prepared to abandon ship when fire broke out in the engine room three days ago, causing smoke to billow from the vessel that was suddenly adrift in Read more »
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Passengers leave disabled ship in Seychelles port
Hot and tired passengers disembarking from a disabled cruise ship Thursday in the Seychelles said they had prepared to abandon ship when fire broke out in the engine room three days ago, leaving the vessel adrift in waters prowled by pirates. Read more »
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Summary Box: Fight over cruise ship tow cost time
at sea because a French fishing vessel that was first to respond to the drifting cruiser refused to give way to faster tug boats, a Seychelles government official said.THE COUNTERCLAIM: A spokesman for the cruise line denied that the tow would have been faster Read more »
Around the web
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Mogadishu mettle
Mogadishu was renowned for its white-washed walls and crashing waves, historic mosques and colonial architectural gems. Seychelles, Islamic-style. Somali President Sherif Sheikh Ahmed on Tuesday escaped an assassination attempt. The country's militant Islamist 5/31/12 from Al-Ahram Weekly Read more »
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TomTom Searches for Drivers to Explore and Map Five Paradise Islands
mapping it. The Map Paradise Project will help create five new navigable maps for: Fiji, St. Lucia, Mauritius, Cape Verde, and the Seychelles. To apply, applicants simply need to fill in a form at www.tomtom.com/summer “This project will not only create five 2:36 AM from Business Wire Read more »
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2014 World Cup Qualifiers (CAF - 2nd Round) - Match Day 1 Fixtures
| Comments(1) Here are the results of FIFA World Cup 2014 Qualifiers (Round 1 – CAF) played on 11 Nov and 15 Nov, 2011: 1. Seychelles 0:3 Kenya; Kenya 4:0 Seychelles 2. Guinea Bissau 1:1 Togo; Togo 1:0 Guinea Bissau 3. Djibouti 0:4 Namibia; Namibia 4:0 Djibouti 5/31/12 from World Cup Blog Read more »
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Nation Qualify After No-Show
to participate in the African Southern Zone Beach Volleyball Championships, namely Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Uganda and Gabon. According to Namibia Volleyball Federation president Heiko Diehl, Kenya, Uganda and Seychelles withdrew from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Larry, are you saying that the Seychelles warbler ...
looking for any evidence to support their adaptive explanations. I also agree that after all those decades the work on the Seychelles warbler (1994?) keeps coming up time and time again. It's sort of like trotting out sickle cell anemia whenever you want to from Sandwalk Read more »
