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Somalia: back to the beginning

MAR 01, 2007

Somalia now seems to be back to square one. The non-stop killing, kidnapping and hijacking has returned as the order of the day after a brief period o...

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Sana'a Assembly summit concludes in Ethiopia

MAR 01, 2007

SANA'A, Feb 28 — The Sana'a Assembly's fifth Summit concluded Monday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in the presence of Yemeni President Ali Ab...

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Two killed as gunmen ambush Mogadishu port chief

MAR 01, 2007

MOGADISHU (AFP) - Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying the head of Mogadishu's sea port on Thursday, sparking an exchange of fire that claimed at least t...

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Uganda Denies Peacekeepers In Somalia

MAR 01, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) A Ugandan military spokesman has denied that an advance team of the African peacekeeping force expected in Somalia has arrived...

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Preparing for new tides of refugees

MAR 01, 2007

For more than a decade Somalia has been in the grip of chaos and anarchy, and the humanitarian situation is disastrous. Over 160,000 refugees are livi...

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First AU peacekeepers in Somalia

MAR 01, 2007

BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) -- The Ugandan vanguard of an African peacekeeping force intended to help Somalia's interim government tighten its tenuous g...

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Dubious Diplomacy

MAR 01, 2007

In the little grocery store he runs next to a Pizza Time on 12th Avenue East, Koshin Mohamed gets worked up as he describes his efforts to prod U.S. o...

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'Separation of Mosque & Airport': Somali Cabbies Caught Between Faith and Job

FEB 28, 2007

After listening to emphatic appeals from proponents and opponents of a new taxicab ordinance at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the Me...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali feb 28, 2007

FEB 28, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali feb 28, 2007...

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Ethiopia: On a dilemma in the Horn

FEB 28, 2007

THE second most populous country in Africa and one of the poorest, Ethiopia is a test case for the West in its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty on...

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