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Acute watery diarrhoea claims 39 lives

FEB 07, 2007

NAIROBI, 6 Feb 2007 (IRIN) - Thirty-nine people have been confirmed dead after an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabell...

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Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold

FEB 06, 2007

On behalf of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, I welcome all of you to the hearing of this Subcommittee in the 110th Congr...

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Somalia: Interagency Team Working Toward Restoring Effective Governance

FEB 06, 2007

Good morning, and thank you, Chairman Feingold and Ranking Member Sununu. At this first hearing of the Africa Subcommittee, I congratulate you both on...

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COLEMAN, FEINGOLD INTRODUCE BILL OUTLINING A COMPREHENSIVE SOMALIA STRATEGY

FEB 06, 2007

Washington, D.C.— Citing the necessity for a substantive and sustained U.S. response to Somalia’s political and humanitarian crisis, Senator Norm ...

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Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali feb 6, 2007

FEB 06, 2007

Radio and TV Djibouti - Journal en Somali feb 6, 2007...

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Ethiopians parade captured Islamist cleric in Somalia

FEB 06, 2007

KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Ethiopian soldiers paraded on Tuesday a wounded senior cleric captured in south Somalia during the pursuit of remnants of...

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Attacks overshadow Somali reconciliation meeting

FEB 06, 2007

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi opened a reconciliation workshop in Mogadishu on Monday designed to foster peace amid an ...

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Militias strike presidential palace in Somali capital

FEB 06, 2007

Mogadishu - Unidentified militiamen launched a mortar attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu Tuesday, in a continuing spiral of violence that ...

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Spirit, Spending Can Keep Somali Kids out of Gangs, Report Says

FEB 06, 2007

A series of robberies in Minneapolis in 2005 was connected to Somali youth gangs, prompting the city to commission its Civil Rights department to stud...

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