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A Young Man in Hargeisa Marries Two Women in the Same Night

NOV 17, 2006

Hargeysa, Somaliland - According to Haatuf Newspaper, a young man has married two women in the same night in Xero-Awr, Hargeysa. Even though polygamy...

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International Mission to Visit Baidoa

NOV 17, 2006

Nairobi, 17 November: A mission led by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, François Lonseny Fall, will travel to Baidoa on ...

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Islamists slap blanket ban on narcotic leaf

NOV 17, 2006

Mogadishu - A day after Islamist security forces opened fire on a crowd in the capital demonstrating against the ban and imposed an indefinite overnig...

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UN to start emergency airlifts to flood-stricken Somali refugees in Kenya

NOV 17, 2006

NAIROBI (AFP) - The United Nations has said it would begin emergency airlifts of humanitarian supplies at the weekend to nearly 80,000 desperate and h...

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Floods hit up to 1.8 million in Horn of Africa: UN

NOV 17, 2006

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Torrential rains and floods have hit up to 1.8 million people in the Horn of Africa, driving tens of thousands from their homes an...

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Floods devastate Somalia; over 50,000 displaced

NOV 17, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - Unusually heavy seasonal rains are threatening Somalia with its worst floods in 50 years while the impoverished Horn of Africa...

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Uganda to protest against U.N. Somalia report

NOV 17, 2006

KAMPALA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Uganda said on Friday it would complain to the United Nations over a report accusing it and nine other countries of arming...

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Libya denies arming Islamists in Somalia

NOV 17, 2006

TRIPOLI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Libya on Friday dismissed as unfounded a report that it had supplied Islamists in Somalia with arms, saying Tripoli had pl...

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Somalia Report Prompts Concerns About Foreign Involvement

NOV 17, 2006

A UN report that says the conflict in Somalia is in danger of spilling over into neighboring countries is being met with concern in the region, throug...

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Nin Dhallinyaro ah oo laba haween mar kaliya kuwada aroosay magaalada Hargeysa

NOV 16, 2006

HARGEYSA - Waxaa habeen hore magaalada Hargeysa, gaar ahaan degmada Ibraahim Koodbuur, xaafadda Xero-Awr ka dhacay Aroos ka mid ah aroosyada mucjisada...

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