pirates, crime and general mayhem (now with 82% more cows)

Somali Pirates Tell Their Side: They Want Only Money
Somali Pirates Appear to Be Reducing Ransom
Somali pirates deny shootout, renew ransom demand

Somalia Piracy Crisis: A Little Law and Order, Please

Two years ago, the hardline Islamic Courts regime, allied with a number of regional warlords, had brought a measure of stability to Somalia after 15 years of civil war. The Courts suppressed piracy to its lowest level in years. But U.S. suspicions that the Courts were actively harboring Al-Qaeda operatives led the U.S. to sponsor an joint invasion by Ethiopia and an alliance of outside Somali clans, destroying the Courts and sparking a bloody, Iraq-style insurgency. In the wake of the invasion, piracy flared up again.

Drug Runners Stepping Up Mini-Sub Use

Mailman Sentenced For Dealing Pot On Route

Woman In Cow Suit Moo-ves Police To Arrest
In pictures: Cow attempts to jump elderly woman – with hilarious results

And since we’re talking about cows and mayhem in the same breath, here’s an old chestnut:

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