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Suspected cholera outbreak kills scores in Somalia

FEB 01, 2007

JOWHAR, Somalia (Reuters) - A suspected outbreak of cholera has killed up to 121 people in Somalia in the past week, hospital sources and local elders...

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US-funded Voice of America broadcaster revives Somali service

FEB 01, 2007

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US-funded broadcaster Voice of America is reviving a Somali radio program for the Horn of Africa as it expands its service in a...

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Somali Islamist leader out of Kenyan custody

FEB 01, 2007

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Top Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed -- seen by many as a key to reconciliation in post-war Somalia -- has left the custody of ...

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More Peacekeepers Heading to Somalia

FEB 01, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Three battalions of peacekeepers from Uganda and Nigeria will be airlifted as soon as possible into Somalia amid rising violence...

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Writer, Former Dutch Politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali Urges an End to Islamic Fundamentalism

FEB 01, 2007

In 1992, Somali-born feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali was forced by her family into an unwanted marriage. On her way to live with her new husband in Canada, s...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali jan 31, 2007

JAN 31, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali jan 31, 2007...

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Nuruddin Farah Reading at the Loft

JAN 31, 2007

Please join the College of St. Benedict, Graywolf Press, and the Loft in welcoming celebrated Somali author...

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