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WHO warns of major health risks from African floods

DEC 09, 2006

Reports of diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, and acute respiratory infections have risen two- to three- fold, the WHO said, without giving figures....

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Mother, boyfriend charged in girl's death

DEC 09, 2006

A Columbia Heights woman, whose family was being supervised by child protection officials, was charged Friday along with her boyfriend in the killing ...

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Second day of clashes between Somali Islamists, govt

DEC 09, 2006

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists and pro-government soldiers shelled each other in a second day of fighting on Saturday, witnesses said, a major...

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Djibouti residents take rain and flooding in stride

DEC 08, 2006

CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti -- After nearly seven centimeters of rain accumulated from midnight until the afternoon of Dec. 7, the city is beginning to dr...

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Fighting said breaking out near Somali govt base

DEC 08, 2006

MOGADISHU, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Fighting broke out on Friday between Islamist fighters and government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers near the govern...

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Somali Islamists Report Attack by Ethiopian Forces

DEC 08, 2006

Officials from Somalia's Islamist movement report heavy clashes between their militias and Ethiopian forces who back Somalia's interim government....

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Floods increase risk of malnutrition, diseases

DEC 08, 2006

NAIROBI, 8 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - Floods in Somalia have destroyed meagre food stocks for communities that were struggling to recover from the effects of a...

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Fresh floods hit refugee camps

DEC 08, 2006

Fresh rains have caused new flooding in north-east Kenya, compounding the misery of flood-hit Somali refugees at United Nations camps, the UN said on ...

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'Heavy fighting' in Somali town

DEC 08, 2006

Somali government fighters, backed up by Ethiopian troops, have attacked Islamist positions sparking heavy fighting, an Islamist leader says....

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