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Iman Promotes Auction To Combat AIDS In Africa

DEC 01, 2006

NEW YORK (November 30, 2006) -- Iman is marking an anniversary she wishes she didn't have to: the 25th year of AIDS....

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Sudan beat Somalia 3-0

DEC 01, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya (KBC) - Sudan beat Somalia 3-0 in Group C of the Cecafa senior challenge cup to enhance their chances of qualifying for the quarterfina...

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Somalia on edge after suicide attack

DEC 01, 2006

BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - Somali authorities were questioning two suspects Friday over a suicide attack in Baidoa, where the country's weak government ...

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UN urges talks after toll in Somali attack rises

DEC 01, 2006

MOGADISHU, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.N.'s special envoy to Somalia urged its government and Islamist movement to return to peace talks despite a suicide...

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At least 12 killed in suicide car bomb blasts near Somali gov't seat

NOV 30, 2006

MOGADISHU (AFP) - At least 12 people were killed when two suicide car bomb blasts rocked the Somali town of Baidoa, seat of Somalia's weak government,...

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Somaliland Administration and UNDP Agree NEW 2007 partnership

NOV 30, 2006

Hargeisa (29 November 2006) – A two-day planning session between the Somaliland Administration and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) w...

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US Defends Somalia Peacekeeping Plan

NOV 30, 2006

The United States said Wednesday it is backing an East African peacekeeping force for Somalia to help stabilize the country, rather than fuel ongoing ...

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Ethiopia votes to "stave off" Somali Islamist threat

NOV 30, 2006

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's parliament voted on Thursday to let the government take "all necessary" steps to rebuff any invasion by Somalia's I...

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Battered by floods

NOV 30, 2006

MOGADISHU, 30 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - Madey Ali was one of five men trying to rescue an old woman from the jaws of a crocodile when he was swept into the re...

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Islamists blow up Ethiopian truck in Somalia-residents

NOV 30, 2006

MOGADISHU, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Somali Islamists blew up an Ethiopian army truck with a landmine, killing several soldiers travelling from the town of B...

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