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Three die after Somali govt forms combat units

FEB 19, 2007

MOGADISHU, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A fresh mortar battle between guerrillas and Somali forces killed at least three people in the capital Mogadishu on Mond...

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Clan violence kills 43 in southern Ethiopia

FEB 19, 2007

Fierce inter-clan fighting has killed at least 43 people in Ethiopia's southeastern Ogaden region, inhabited mainly by ethnic Somalis....

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President Kibaki speaks out on the Somali crisis

FEB 19, 2007

President Mwai Kibaki has emphasized that the government will not discriminate against any Kenyan on the basis of religion....

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Violence out of control, say Mogadishu residents

FEB 19, 2007

NAIROBI, 19 February 2007 (IRIN) - Days before an African peacekeeping force is deployed in Somalia, violence has spiralled in the capital, Mogadishu,...

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Jermaine Jackson Being Muslim and Michael Jackson

FEB 19, 2007

Jermaine Jackson, is now called Muhammad Abdul Aziz. He talks About Finding Peace and contentment through Islam...

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Somali capital violence kills seven

FEB 19, 2007

MOGADISHU (AFP) - A car explosion killed at least four people in the restive Somali capital as three others, including a policeman, were gunned down i...

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Date for Somalia deployment to be named this week

FEB 19, 2007

THE Chief of Defence Forces General Aronda Nyakairima will this week announce the date when a battalion of UPDF soldiers is travelling to Somalia on a...

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Somalia forms anti-terror force

FEB 19, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's government has formed an anti-terror unit to quell growing unrest in the capital, Mogadishu, a defence official sa...

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Media watchdogs condemn Somali journalist killing

FEB 19, 2007

NAIROBI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Media watchdogs condemned the killing of a Somali radio journalist and called on Monday for a full investigation and great...

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Radio journalist murdered in Baidoa

FEB 18, 2007

Reporters Without Borders today strongly condemned the murder in Baidoa of presenter Ali Mohammed Omar, of Radio Warsan, on 16 February and deplored t...

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