NATO thwarts hijack off Somalia, seizes dynamite NAIROBI, Kenya - Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker, but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds of miles away, another band of pirates hijacked a cargo ship, a NATO spokesman said Saturday. Holder close to making decision on Gitmo detainees LONDON - The United States is "relatively close" to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday. Obama tries American-style campaign on Europe STRASBOURG, France - Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans -- popular here -- to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming.
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