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Thursday, October 15. 2009

Somali Pirates Accidentally Attack French Navy

I came across this amusing article on Yahoo News entitled, "Somali pirate error ends with 5 in French brig."

Somali pirates in two skiffs fired on a French navy vessel early Wednesday after apparently mistaking it for a commercial boat, the French military said. The French ship gave chase and captured five suspected pirates.

No one was wounded by the volleys from the Kalashnikov rifles directed at La Somme, a 3,800-ton refueling ship, French military spokesman Rear Adm. Christophe Prazuck said.

La Somme "was probably taken for a commercial ship by the two small skiffs" about 250 nautical miles (290 statute miles) off Somalia's coast, Prazuck said.

"They understood their mistake too late," he said.

One skiff fled, and La Somme pursued the second one in an hour-long chase.

"There were five suspected pirates on board. No arms, no water, no food," Prazuck said.
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Friday, October 9. 2009

Thinking About Joining The MI-6?

I stumbled upon the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service website, home of the MI-6. What's interesting is that in their careers section, they have two different tests to see what type of career path you may be proficient at.

First test is for the position of Operational Officers.
Second test is for the position of Administrators.

I did the test and looks like I could do either position.

I have to admit that I did browse through their careers section, and their benefits are quite something. 25 days vacation plus 10.5 days public holidays! Unfortunately you have to be a British citizen to apply, so I'm very unqualified in that area. I wonder if they take loyal subjects from the Commonwealth though.
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Wednesday, October 7. 2009

Yahoo! Kicks Off Ad Campaign

So last week, Yahoo! kicked off its $100 million dollar ad campaign. They're running these ads on television, and all over the internet. It has been a long time since Yahoo! ran television commercials. So far the commercials can only be seen in the US. They will be hitting Canada some time next year.

Interesting side note about the first commercial below. They hired the dance choreographer from Slumdog Millionaire to do the Indian dance sequence.





And yes, they kept the yodel.
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