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For Somali pirates, July was a very bad month

Private guards and international naval patrols – and some rough seas – have prevented successful high-seas hijackings by Somali pirates since June 19, the first zero-attack month since 2007.

Is global warming behind the recent heat waves? (+video)

L.A. earthquake rattles, Indonesia quake rocks

Sorry, Iran: UAE opens pipeline around Strait of Hormuz

Rescue operation under way for capsized boat of asylum seekers headed to Australia

Indonesia rattled by 5.9 earthquake, but no tsunami

Transit of Venus: Early 'tape measure' for size of our solar system (+video)

Change Agent Community radio cuts disaster risk in flood-prone Bangladesh

Keep Calm Europe launches airstrikes on Somalia to uproot pirate base

Keep Calm Does a military solution for Somali piracy work?

Keep Calm Clinton in India: a gentle reminder about all that Iranian oil (+video)

Is Myanmar about to rejoin the world?

Maldives, hailed as democracy poster child, turns to Islamist fundamentalism

Five reasons to care about the Sudan - South Sudan conflict

'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents

Tsunami warning: This time, the system mostly worked

The Monitor's View A tsunami-warning system makes waves

Indonesia earthquake: Why no tsunami this time?

On the ground in Aceh, the best tsunami warning system is memory (+video)

Indonesia's Aceh Province votes in test for peace process

The Island President: movie review

Keeping an eye on China? First US Marines arrive in Australia.

Change Agent A growing answer to rising seas: floating homes

Climate change report: time to start preparing for the worst

Italian president: UK action 'inexplicable' on Nigerian hostage rescue bid (+video)