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Somalia conflict divides nations

OCT 28, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are in Somalia, backing opposing sides in the struggle for control of the strategic coun...

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UN's Annan Urges Restraint in Somalia

OCT 28, 2006

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling on Somalia's neighbors to avoid provocative acts amid reports that foreign troops in the country could tr...

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Prize offered to Africa's leaders

OCT 27, 2006

UK-based mobile phone entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim - who was born in Egypt - is behind the plan to rate governance in 53 African countries each year....

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Attacks on Somalis have Cabinet worried

OCT 27, 2006

Cabinet on Thursday expressed its deep concern about the spate of attacks on, and killings of, Somalis in some parts of South Africa, as well as the i...

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Britain's 'friend in the Horn of Africa' pleads for statehood

OCT 27, 2006

In the harsh terrain of the Horn of Africa, torn by decades of war, a peaceful Muslim democracy with a pro-Western government has emerged on the terri...

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Somaliland appeals to Britain for help

OCT 27, 2006

London, UK (AFP) - The president of Somalia's breakaway northwestern republic of Somaliland appealed for Britain's help in attaining international rec...

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Somalia's Islamic radicals seize town

OCT 27, 2006

KISMAYO, Somalia(AP) - Islamic militiamen seized another town near the government's base in Somalia, but one of the group's leaders dispelled fears th...

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Somalia in danger of 'all out war'

OCT 27, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Thousands of foreign troops in Somalia could lead to "an all out war" between Somalia's transitional government and an Islamic ...

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Fears of jihad in Horn of Africa

OCT 27, 2006

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Four months after Islamists seized the Somali capital of Mogadishu, promising a return to order and peace in war-ravaged ...

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U.N. Report Says Somalia Deteriorating

OCT 27, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya(AP) -- There are thousands of foreign troops inside Somalia and their presence could lead to "an all out war" between Somalia's transit...

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