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Minnesota Among Top Destinations for US Muslims

DEC 12, 2006

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...

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Famine trails in wake of Somali rains

DEC 12, 2006

YAGLOO, Somalia: The people in this village are surrounded by floodwaters that have drowned their animals, submerged their crops and swept away their ...

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Somali Islamists Set One-week Limit For Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal

DEC 12, 2006

Somalia's Islamists on Tuesday gave Ethiopia one week to pull its troops from the war-torn country, or else its forces would respond....

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Somalia Islamic Militia Threatens Attack

DEC 12, 2006

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...

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Coleman defends Ellison's right to use Quran

DEC 11, 2006

WASHINGTON - Sen. Norm Coleman said Thursday he believes that Rep.-elect Keith Ellison should feel free to use the Quran during his ceremonial swearin...

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Somali children bear brunt of flood, drought misery

DEC 11, 2006

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...

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Diarrhoea kills 40 in Puntland

DEC 11, 2006

NAIROBI, 11 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - An outbreak of watery diarrhoea in Somalia's northeastern self-declared autonomous region of Puntland has claimed the li...

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Somalia: Mogadishu Fact Sheet - OCHA Dec 2006

DEC 11, 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...

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Somalia government warns of 'grave danger'

DEC 11, 2006

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...

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Militiamen advance to key Ethiopian town

DEC 11, 2006

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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