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Somali Pirates Continue Long-Range Attacks Reports say bandits opened fire with assault rifles on Danish-flagged container ship but ship increased speed and escaped; no casualties reported Eyewitness: Somali Pirates Tried to Seize Plane, Passengers Passenger suggests would-be hijackers were members of pirate gang, whose operations were affected by increased international naval patrols Gulf of Aden Ethnic Clashes in DRC Causes Thousands to Flee Mass exodus from DRC into neighboring Republic of Congo began last week when fighting between two tribes erupted over farming, fishing rights Poor Countries Still Face High Food Prices Food Summit set for Rome November 16-18 to seek broad consensus on immediate food needs and long range solutions Zimbabwe Women Activists Warn of Continuing Hardships without Reform US rights group awards founders of Zimbabwe grassroots protest movement $30,000 prize China's Premier Pledges $10 billion in Loans to Africa Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao also says Beijing will cancel debts owed it by some of the continent's poorest nations