UNICEF urges authorities to prevent death sentences for the children as they were tried by military courts that lacked specialized child justice procedures.
Admiral Kumar says renewed Operation Sankalp last December after getting info about drone, missile attacks & attacks by pirates on vessels in Indian Ocean Region.
In an operation lasting over 40 hours in early hours of 15 March, INS Kolkata intercepted Pirate Ship ex-MV Ruen in Arabian Sea based on inputs received by Indian Navy.
Like it has done on the high seas, India needs to show leadership on dry land, too, and push the world into committing to the military and economic reconstruction of Somalia.
The pirates on board the hijacked merchant vessel have been called upon to surrender and release the vessel, as well as civilians they may have held hostage.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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