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Somalia: Where Young Refugees Find a Place to Fit In

OCT 21, 2006

UTICA, N.Y. — Standing on the midfield line, Win Zaw bellowed, “Left!” and Muridi Ukash dashed toward the left corner of the goal box, where the...

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Where Young Refugees Find a Place to Fit In

OCT 21, 2006

UTICA, N.Y. — Standing on the midfield line, Win Zaw bellowed, “Left!” and Muridi Ukash dashed toward the left corner of the goal box, where the...

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Rochester, MN: Second Somali owned store burglarized

OCT 21, 2006

Rochester Police say two burglaries at similar businesses in two days, does not mean that there's a trend....

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Islamists may execute Ethiopian 'spies'

OCT 21, 2006

Mogadishu, Oct. 21 (Reuters) - Two Ethiopians arrested in Mogadishu and accused of spying on Somalia's newly powerful Islamist movement will be charge...

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UNHCR suspends evacuation of Somali refugees

OCT 21, 2006

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has suspended the evacuation of refugees fleeing war-torn Somalia....

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Eritrea says it not arming Somali Islamists

OCT 20, 2006

ASMARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Eritrea dismissed as a "pure fabrication" a U.S. diplomat's charge that it was opening a new front against arch-foe Ethiopi...

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Somalia bans swimming for women at beach

OCT 20, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- An Islamic court has banned women from swimming at the main beach in Somalia's capital, the latest step to impose strict religio...

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Ogeysiis Maalinta Ciidda - Eid Ul-Fitr Announcements

OCT 20, 2006

The Fiqh Council of North America is an independent body, comprised of qualified Islamic scholars in North America. The Council communicates with expe...

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Somalian leader pleads for aid against foreign forces

OCT 20, 2006

President says Islamists get material, military and financial support from terror networks...

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Islamists under 'black flag'

OCT 20, 2006

Somalia's interim president appealed on Thursday for international help in dealing with a powerful Islamist movement he accused of operating under the...

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