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Relief effort launched as 50,000 people flee Somali floods

NOV 13, 2006

Save the Children has launched a rapid relief effort following reports that 50,000 people have had to flee Belet Weyne in central Somalia, after sever...

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UN urged to blockade "rampant" Somali arms flow

NOV 13, 2006

NAIROBI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The world should implement a total arms blockade of Somalia and freeze some Somali assets to stop "rampant arms flows" fue...

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Somali Islamists seize new town, war fears mount

NOV 12, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - amist gunmen have stormed a town in central Somalia, seizing it in fierce fighting from a warlord allied with the weak gov...

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Somali Islamists, government-allied troops clash

NOV 12, 2006

MOGADISHU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when troops from a powerful Somali Islamist movement clashed on Sunday with fighters allied to ...

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Fighting erupts in Somalia after peace initiative fails

NOV 12, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Heavy fighting broke out in central Somalia on Sunday, a day after the transitional government rejected a peace initiative w...

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Petition for Peace in Somalia

NOV 11, 2006

We, the undersigned Somali brothers and sisters, are grateful to Allah for all that unites and binds us to one another as members of one of the very f...

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Kenya bans Somalia flights after US terror warning

NOV 11, 2006

NAIROBI - Kenya on Saturday ordered the suspension of all flights to and from neighboring Somalia for security reasons, after a US warning that Somali...

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City neighborhood bristling over racist leaflets

NOV 11, 2006

Along with this week's campaign literature and candidate positions, residents in one Portland neighborhood discovered racist fliers on their car winds...

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Group promotes understanding

NOV 11, 2006

When cultures collide, knowledge needs to flow both ways, and a group of Emporians is working to make sure that it happens between Somali refugees and...

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U.S. Pessimistic About a Simmering Somalia

NOV 11, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 10 — A senior American military official today painted a dire picture of the escalating tensions in Somalia, but said the Unite...

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