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Angelina Jolie Thanks Somali Refugees For Making Her ‘A Better Mother’


Posted on Oct 04, 2011 @ 10:00AM - 2 comments

By Radar Staff

Angelina Jolie has become a "better mother" thanks to Somali refugees.

The 36-year-old actress – who raises six children, Maddox, 10, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with partner Brad Pitt – thanked the Switzerland-based Yemen Society for Humanitarian Solidarity for allowing her to spend time with the refugees and praised them for helping her become a good person and parent.

Angelina Jolie has become a "better mother" thanks to Somali refugees.

The 36-year-old actress – who raises six children, Maddox, 10, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with partner Brad Pitt – thanked the Switzerland-based Yemen Society for Humanitarian Solidarity for allowing her to spend time with the refugees and praised them for helping her become a good person and parent.

Speaking at the United Nations Refugee Agency Awards on Monday, where the Society won a prize for helping thousands of Somali Refugees and migrants who flee the war and famine ravished country to Yemen in smuggler's boats, she said: "I'm so grateful – I don't want to cry – to the refugee families that I have the honour and privilege to spend the last years with.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former Husband Of Woman Killed By Pirates 'In Total Shock'


Posted on Feb 22, 2011 @ 06:08AM - Add a comment

The former husband of Jean Adam -- one of four people killed by pirates off the coast of Somalia -- has exclusively told RadarOnline.com:  "We are in total shock at the moment."

Officials announced today Tuesday that Jean and her second husband Adam -- both of Marina Del Rey, California -- as well as Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were killed by pirates who had hijacked them off the coast of Somalia.

The former husband of Jean Adam -- one of four people killed by pirates off the coast of Somalia -- has exclusively told RadarOnline.com:  "We are in total shock at the moment."

Officials announced today Tuesday that Jean and her second husband Adam -- both of Marina Del Rey, California -- as well as Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were killed by pirates who had hijacked them off the coast of Somalia.

The Adam’s yacht, the Quest, was being tracked by a U.S. Navy warship, but the navy was unable to prevent their killings.

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BREAKING NEWS: Somali Pirates Kill 4 American Hostages


Posted on Feb 22, 2011 @ 03:07AM - Add a comment

The four Americans kidnapped by Somali pirates have been killed, CBS reported early Tuesday.

VIDEO: Four Americans Remain Kidnapped At Sea By Somali Pirates

The four Americans kidnapped by Somali pirates have been killed, CBS reported early Tuesday.

VIDEO: Four Americans Remain Kidnapped At Sea By Somali Pirates

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the Americans were Scott and Jean Adam from Marina Del Rey, California, and their friends Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from Seattle, Washington.

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VIDEO: Four Americans Remain Kidnapped At Sea By Somali Pirates


Posted on Feb 21, 2011 @ 04:24AM - Add a comment

Four Americans remained kidnapped by Somali pirates heading toward their native coast early Monday, RadarOnline.com has learned, as a U.S. Navy warship and helicopters shadowed their every move.

PHOTOS: Stars Who Died In Bizarre Ways

Four Americans remained kidnapped by Somali pirates heading toward their native coast early Monday, RadarOnline.com has learned, as a U.S. Navy warship and helicopters shadowed their every move.

PHOTOS: Stars Who Died In Bizarre Ways

The Americans -- Scott and Jean Adam from Marina Del Rey, California, and their friends Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle from Seattle, Washington -- were aboard the Adams' yacht, named The Quest, en route from India to Oman on a Christian mission to pass out bibles in remote villages.

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Hunt For Pirates Chronicled In New Spike TV Special


Posted on May 17, 2010 @ 12:13PM - Add a comment
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As the pirates who have terrorized merchant ships off the Somalia coast have made worldwide headlines with their antics in the past year, an international military coalition spearheaded by the U.S. Navy has made headway capturing them and stopping their hijackings.

Now, Spike and 44 Blue Productions chronicles those efforts in the one-hour special, U.S. Navy: Pirate Hunters, a documentary that gives the viewer unprecedented access aboard the U.S.S Gettysburg as it patrols the busy Gulf of Aden.

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Viewers will see the dramatic, tension-filled and high-stakes military mission first-hand, as the coalition patrols the ocean, boards questionable vessels, engages in gun battles and seizes stolen goods and weapons.

U.S. Navy: Pirate Hunters premieres Tuesday, June 8 at 11/10c on Spike TV.

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