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Invasion splits Somalis living in the Twin Cities

DEC 29, 2006

After news hit that Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into the capital city of Mogadishu on Thursday, Somalis in the Twin Ci...

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Ethiopia Helps Capture Mogadishu

DEC 29, 2006

JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 28 -- Ethiopian-backed troops moved unopposed into Somalia's unruly capital of Mogadishu on Thursday, taking over from fleeing Isla...

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Fragile security in Mogadishu, NGO slams raid on hospital

DEC 29, 2006

NAIROBI, 29 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The Somali capital of Mogadishu was quiet but tense on Friday as thousands of displaced residents who fled their homes e...

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Crowds line route taken by defiant Gedi

DEC 29, 2006

ogadishu - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armed convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Isla...

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Scores presumed dead after drama at sea

DEC 29, 2006

GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 150 people were presumed dead on Friday after two boats of would-be migrants fleeing Somalia capsized off the coast of Ye...

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Thousands Greet Somalia's PM in Capital

DEC 29, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's prime minister entered the capital Friday, a day after an Islamic movement's fighters retreated ahead of his Ethiopian-...

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Germany "monitoring The Fighting In Somalia"

DEC 29, 2006

Germany voiced concern Friday at the fighting in Somalia, with Foreign Office spokesman Martin Jaeger saying a senior German diplomat would travel to ...

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Somalia faces months of martial law

DEC 29, 2006

SOMALI Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi said today the country's parliament would declare martial law this weekend for a period of three months....

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After 15 years, Somalis strive to find a home

DEC 29, 2006

Buried in a strip mall with a giant grocery store and shops hawking everything from Chinese fast food to dollar-store baubles, the Dixon Community Cen...

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Return of warlords as Somali capital is captured

DEC 29, 2006

Ethiopian tanks rolled into the outskirts of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, yesterday after Somalia's Islamist movement abandoned its bases in the cit...

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