Navy SEAL Team Frees Hostages In Somalia

An American and a Danish aid worker kidnapped in Somalia three months ago have been freed in a rare US military raid.

Listening to the Deep Ocean

Scientists are establishing a worldwide network of deep-sea listening posts connected to the Internet. It allows researchers — and the public — to hear whales, ships, and other underwater sounds. But the US Navy is uneasy because these sounds might reveal the location of its submarines.

US Navy gets budget cuts

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to save the Department of Defense more than $150 billion over the next five years. $35 billion of those proposed savings would come from cuts to the US Navy. The World’s Jason Margolis has more. Download MP3

Ten years after the attack on the Cole

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Ten years ago today, two al-Qaeda operatives steered a small boat alongside the USS Cole – an American naval destroyer that was refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. The suicide attackers detonated a bomb that tore through the ship’s hull. Seventeen American sailors were killed and dozens more were seriously wounded. Jordana Gustafson has the story. Download MP3

How to help Haitians quicker

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Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are attempting to leave the capital, Port au Prince, devastated by last week’s earthquake. Aid officials have started to put up tent cities on the outskirts for up to 400,000 people, to try to halt the spread of disease. The aid effort in Haiti has been frustratingly slow by some accounts. The World’s Matthew Bell looks into how aid agencies might do better. Download MP3 (Photo:Olivier Laban Mattei/AFP/Getty Images)

• BBC coverage
• The Guardian: aid agencies accused of ‘jostling for position’
• In pictures: Haiti receives aid and treatment