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Annan: Stay out of Somalia

NOV 15, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - Neighbouring states should not meddle in Somalia, where their support for the government or its Islamist rivals risks infla...

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Annan calls on Somali leaders to pursue peace talks

NOV 15, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - United Nations chief Kofi Annan Wednesday urged feuding Somali leaders to pursue talks aimed at averting an all-out war and wa...

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Somali Islamists dismiss UN report as "fabrication"

NOV 15, 2006

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamists on Wednesday dismissed as "fabrication" a U.N. report which says they are receiving military suppor...

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Somali Islamists dismiss UN report as "fabrication"

NOV 15, 2006

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamists on Wednesday dismissed as "fabrication" a U.N. report which says they are receiving military suppor...

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Severe floods ravage eastern Africa

NOV 15, 2006

Hundreds of thousands of people in eastern Africa have fled their homes, and many have died, as a result of heavy flooding in recent weeks. Somalia in...

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U.N. Says Somalis Helped Hezbollah Fighters

NOV 15, 2006

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 14 — More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah in its war against I...

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Ogaden rebels challenge Ethiopia oil deal

NOV 14, 2006

afrol News, 14 November - Somali rebels in Ethiopia's troubled eastern Ogaden province have warned the Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum, which sig...

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Ex-Marine to carry American dream home to Kenya

NOV 14, 2006

In a few days, Mohamed Abdi will pack up his family and take his American dreams back to Kenya....

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Minn. CUs Work With Members Of Congress On Wire Transfer Laws

NOV 14, 2006

Minnesota credit union representatives took part in a working session with the offices of Sen. Norm Coleman and Rep. Mark Kennedy, both Minnesota Repu...

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Floods displace thousands more in Hiiraan region

NOV 14, 2006

NAIROBI, 14 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - Continued flooding in southern Somalia has displaced tens of thousands of people in the Hiiraan region, with large tract...

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