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Kenya halts Somali asylum seekers

JAN 03, 2007

NAIROBI, 3 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - Several thousand asylum seekers fleeing recent fighting in Somalia have been stranded for days near the border with neigh...

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More Than 300 Somali Refugees Turned Away At Kenyan Border

JAN 03, 2007

More than 300 Somali refugees have been deported from a Kenyan border transit camp as the East African country stepped up security following reports t...

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Airport hesitant to grant Muslim prayer room

JAN 03, 2007

Somali immigrant leaders also ask directors for signs in native language, exceptions for cabbies. Somali immigrants passing through Minneapolis-St. Pa...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 27

JAN 02, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 27...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 28

JAN 02, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali dec 28...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali jan 2, 2007

JAN 02, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali jan 2...

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Somali victors cheered - but for how long?

JAN 02, 2007

Six months ago, Somalis gave Islamist fighters a jubilant welcome as they chased the warlords out of Mogadishu and across the country's south, vowing ...

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Protect children from conscription, say aid agencies

JAN 02, 2007

NAIROBI, 2 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - An increasing number of children are being conscripted into Somalia’s fighting factions, exposing them to attacks and s...

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Ethiopian army to stay in Somalia in coming weeks

JAN 02, 2007

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops will stay in Somalia for several weeks to help the victorious government pacify the Horn of Africa nation after...

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Somali Islamist are gone --- so "khat" is back

JAN 02, 2007

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Perhaps the most telling sign of Somalia's remarkable power shift is the rapid return to Mogadishu's streets of the leafy twigs ...

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