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• Somali pirates free journalists after forty days in captivity (National Post) January 5, 2009
  The Gulf of Aden, a busy shipping route which passes the lawless northern coast of Somalia, has become known in the past year as a terrifying redoubt populated by ruthless pirates -- gangs of young men who attack trade ships using skiffs with outboard motors, rocket-propelled grenades and grappling hooks.
• Sri Lanka: SLA imposes new restriction on fishing in Jaffna peninsula (TamilNet) January 5, 2009
  Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in Jaffna has imposed new restrictions since 1st of January 2009 on fishing in Jaffna lagoon and in the seas of the islets of Jaffna citing security reasons, sources in Jaffna said. Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has become increasingly concerned of the of the infiltration for the LTTE, sources added. Meanwhile, Jaffna Government Agent (GA) has made arrangements for canned-fish to be ...
• Lead in car batteries poisons African town (Manila Bulletin) January 5, 2009
  THIAROYE SUR MER, Senegal (AP) — First, it took the animals. Goats fell silent and refused to stand up. Chickens died in handfuls, then en masse. Street dogs disappeared.
• Lead poisoning kills children in Senegalese town (International Herald Tribune) January 4, 2009
  The tragedy of Thiaroye-sur-Mer gives a glimpse at how the globalization of a modern tool, the car battery, can wreak havoc in the developing world.

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