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Maritime pirates are honing their tactics and beefing up their weaponry. Here are the world’s most pirate-infested waters, and learn about individual attacks from each place.
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VALLETTA, Malta-- Leaders of five European countries have agreed that the European Union must pave the way towards a single European banking supervision system to be operational by January.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- A branch leader of South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers was shot dead on Friday near a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin as labour unrest sweeps the mining sector. NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka told Reuters the union leader had been killed "execution style" in the evening hours but gave no further details.
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CLGL is refinancing its existing capital structure in conjunction with acquisition by private-equity sponsor CVC Capital Partners.
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NEW YORK, Oct 5- At 68, Barbara Miller Elegbede is living proof that flower children need not grow up. A self-described hippie, she attended a San Francisco college at psychedelia's height and remembers friends constantly crashing on the couch of her apartment, just a block away from Janis Joplin's pad in the hip Castro neighborhood.
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria-- Sabotaged phone lines prevented students from warning friends and possibly saving their lives in the attack in which 22 college students were killed earlier this week, survivors said Friday. John Bello, a Mubi college student, said Friday that only one mobile phone network was working in the town and that it was congested.
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A senior government official said AFP had published a story on election day that said the poll in Tangier pitted moderate Islamists of the Justice and Development Party against "candidates close to the monarchy".
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-- South American engineers are trying to tackle one of the continent's greatest natural challenges: the towering Andes mountain chain that creates a costly physical barrier for nations ever-more-dependent on trade with Asia.
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LONDON, Oct 5- Nigeria liquefied natural gas on Friday declared a force majeure on plant output after an attempt to steal crude oil from a pipeline led to a fire, Shell said. Shell, which has a 25.6 percent stake in Nigeria LNG, on Sunday shut its 28- inch Bomu-Bonny trunk line after oil thieves caused a fire, it said.
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LONDON, Oct 5- Nigeria liquefied natural gas on Friday declared a force majeure on plant output after an attempt to steal crude oil from a pipeline led to a fire, Shell said. "An attempt was made to steal crude oil from the Bomu-Bonny trunk line and offload it onto a waiting ship that led to a fire on the line and on the ship on Sunday," a Shell spokesman said.
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TEMA, Ghana-- Ghanaian officials on Friday refused to release an Argentine naval ship that was seized in the West African nation due to a complaint by a U.S. hedge fund. Officials of the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority told The Associated Press they will release the ship only after they receive a court order.
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*All-share index up 0.88 percent at 36,588.67. *Top-40 index down 1.11 percent at 32,361.91. JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- South African stocks set a record high on Friday with mining shares among the top performers as investors chased bargains in the sector battered in recent days by a wave of wildcat strikes.
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*Purchasing differentials for Ivory Coast cocoa beans firm. AMSTERDAM, Oct 5- Price ratios for cocoa butter were firm in Europe's cash cocoa market on strong demand for nearby contracts, traders said.
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NAIROBI, Oct 5- Kenya's stock market edged higher for the third day in a row on Friday, boosted by a jump in shares of Equity Bank. Equity Bank, Kenya's biggest bank by customer numbers, rose 2.2 percent to 23.50 shillings per share, cheered by the appointment of a new chief operating officer and a group finance director on Thursday.
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VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Congo-- Just a few weeks ago, rangers and militiamen were engaging in gunfights in Africa's oldest national park. Cannons boomed as Congolese army troops shelled rebels.
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 wildcat strikers on Friday, a high-stakes attempt by the world's biggest platinum producer to push back at a wave of illegal stoppages sweeping through South Africa's mining sector and beyond.
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*Qua Iboe down about 10 cents at dated plus $2.10- $2.50. LONDON, Oct 5- West African crude oil differentials slipped a little on Friday as an overhang of unsold cargoes loading in November forced asking levels down for a range of crudes.
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JOHANNESBURG-- Anglo American Platinum fired 12,000 striking miners Friday for staging an unlawful strike that is one of several that are slowly paralyzing South Africa's crucial mining sector.
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NEW YORK-- The psychological thriller "Rebecca" was a hit for author Daphne du Maurier and filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock.
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*U.S. jobless rate tumbles to near-4 year low* Gold briefly goes sub- $1,780 before steadying* Data not seen altering U.S. employment trajectory By Clare Hutchison.