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Somalia's Islamic radicals repel attack to recapture port, say witnesses and officials

OCT 14, 2006

newsinsideKISMAYO, Somalia Somalia's Islamic radicals repulsed an attack by pro-government forces to recapture a vital seaport, officials said Saturda...

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Bannaanbax looga soo horjeedo Xassuuqa Somalida

OCT 13, 2006

Waxaa shalay oo Khamiis 12ka Oktober 2006, ka dhacay banaanbax xarunta caanka ah oo lagu magacaabo Athletic Club ee Magaaladda Columbus, gobolka Ohio ...

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Immigrants are victims as 'apartheid' returns to South Africa

OCT 13, 2006

As dawn breaks over Zimbabwe, Douglas Foster and five other men crouch behind a fence, waiting for a South African border police patrol to pass. Shive...

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Language is big concern at hospitals

OCT 13, 2006

Reports released yesterday by the National Health Law Program in Washington, D.C., highlight the need for good hospital interpreters, in dozens of lan...

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South Africa: 'We'll drive out Somalis'

OCT 13, 2006

The growing number of brutal attacks on the Somali community in the Western Cape has forced the local police to admit that xenophobia, and not crimina...

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Somali refugees recall 'harsh' Islamist rule

OCT 13, 2006

IFO Refugee Camp, Kenya, Oct 13 - Chewing the leafy khat stimulant Islamists had banned him from consuming, Mohamed Moge Sigad complains the powerful ...

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Garbage collection puts money in the pockets of the poor

OCT 13, 2006

NAIROBI, 13 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - In an effort to create employment and alleviate poverty in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, the United Nations labour agenc...

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U.S.-Ethiopian security ties deepen

OCT 13, 2006

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The United States, which has a military base in Djibouti, is deepening its ties with neighboring Ethiopia....

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Somalia Islamists execute man convicted of murder

OCT 13, 2006

MOGADISHU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Somali Islamists on Friday publicly executed a convicted murderer, shooting him at close range in the latest application...

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Range resources on Somali oil hunt

OCT 12, 2006

AUSTRALIAN resources explorer Range Resources has signed a $US50 million ($67.50 million) deal with Canadian-based Canmex Minerals to help it look for...

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