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Minnesota Among Top Destinations for US Muslims
Minneapolis, MN (HOL) - A new survey finds that Minnesota is one the most popular destinations for U.S. Muslims. The state comes in at number 12 of th...
Read More »Famine trails in wake of Somali rains
YAGLOO, Somalia: The people in this village are surrounded by floodwaters that have drowned their animals, submerged their crops and swept away their ...
Read More »Somali Islamists Set One-week Limit For Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal
Somalia's Islamists on Tuesday gave Ethiopia one week to pull its troops from the war-torn country, or else its forces would respond....
Read More »Somalia Islamic Militia Threatens Attack
BAIDOA, Somalia -- A top official of Somalia's Islamic militia vowed Tuesday to launch a "major attack" within a week unless troops from neighboring E...
Read More »Coleman defends Ellison's right to use Quran
WASHINGTON - Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday he believes that Rep.-elect Keith Ellison should feel free to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearin...
Read More »Somali children bear brunt of flood, drought misery
WAJID, Somalia (AFP) - Whimpering quietly as she is placed in a sling to be weighed at a feeding station here in flood-stricken southern Somalia, emac...
Read More »Diarrhoea kills 40 in Puntland
NAIROBI, 11 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - An outbreak of watery diarrhoea in Somalia's northeastern self-declared autonomous region of Puntland has claimed the li...
Read More »Somalia: Mogadishu Fact Sheet - OCHA Dec 2006
After heavy fighting between Islamic Courts Union (ICU) armed groups and those allied to faction leaders during the month of May left more than 320 pe...
Read More »Somalia government warns of 'grave danger'
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - Somalia's government on Monday said its stand-off with the country's powerful Islamic movement posed a "grave danger" to th...
Read More »Militiamen advance to key Ethiopian town
Mogadishu, Somalia (AP) - Islamic militiamen were advancing to a border town that is believed to be on a supply route for Ethiopian troops in Somalia,...
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