Somalia’s Wars Swell a Refugee Camp in Kenya

DADAAB, Kenya — When Abdullahi Salat came here as a young boy in 1991, fleeing civil war in his homeland, Somalia, little more than shrubs and a few tents dotted the landscape. The woman working for the United Nations who greeted him at this safe haven, then nearly empty, showed him to his own tent and sprinkled a handful of seeds into his palm.

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Liverpool boss Hodgson criticises Glen Johnson’s form

Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says Reds and England full-back Glen Johnson’s performances this season have not been of international standard.

Johnson, 26, has been struggling with a groin injury and will miss Saturday’s league match at Stoke.

“If he plays like the England right-back one would expect him to come back in when he’s fit,” said Hodgson.

“But up to now he’s not performed – very often at least – to the level I’d expect of him.”

Hodgson …

G-20, APEC Yield Little to Resolve Imbalances, Stem Capital Inflow Concern

Leaders of the world’s biggest economies ended four days of talks without taking decisive measures to address the global imbalances that have fueled asset bubbles and risk leading to a protectionist backlash.

Asia-Pacific leaders yesterday in Japan pledged to take “concrete steps” toward creating a regional free-trade agreement without setting a target for achieving that goal. Their meeting followed the Nov. 11-12 Group of 20 summit in Seoul that “opposed protectionist trade actions” while failing to agree on …

MySpace surrenders to Facebook in battle of social networks

MySpace, founded in 2003, at its peak had more than 100 million registered and active members, but its audience has been declining since the rise of Facebook in 2008.

It has come under increasing pressure from its parent News Corporation, which bought the site in 2005 for $580 million (£351 million) in 2005, to reverse its ailing fortunes.

On an earnings call at the start of this month, Chase Carey, News Corporation’s chief operating officer, said: …