Caloplaca Obamae First New Species Named After Obama and More for Thursday, April 16, 2009

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Sea sickness
Piracy is a symptom of Somalia's bigger problems

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8001183.stm

Al Qaeda Urges Somalis To Attack Ships

http://www.cbsnews.com/external/story.php?story=/stories/2009/04/16/link/blog/main4949562.shtml

What Is It Like to Be Kidnapped in Somalia?

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7343205&page=1

Payne: Mistake to send in troops to Somalia

http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/15/congressman-came-under-fire-in-somalia/

Mardell's Europe
Time for EU to get tough with French fishermen?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markmardell/

Obama to support anti-drug efforts on Mexico visit

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53d0fj-us-obama-mexico/

U.S. captain in Kenya, South Korea sends warship

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53f2d6-us-somalia-piracy/

Spain rules out torture probe of U.S. officials

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30241123/

N. Korea orders out nuclear inspectors

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/nkorea.nuclear.inspectors.out/index.html

Mexico's drug cartels thrive in the shadows

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/15/mexico.gangs/index.html

'Los Zetas' turn cops into cartel hit men

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/04/15/mexico.gangs/index.html

New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141217.htm

Caloplaca obamae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloplaca_obamae