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Somali Government Denies Clash Between Ethiopian Troops, Islamists

NOV 21, 2006

Somali government officials have denied allegations of fighting between the powerful Islamists and Ethiopian soldiers stationed in the country, local ...

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Head of region in Somalia says he will rule according to Islamic law

NOV 20, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia said Monday he will rule according to Islamic law, a surp...

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SOMALIA: Flooding ‘will affect food security’

NOV 20, 2006

NAIROBI, 20 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - Severe flooding over vast tracts of farmland in Somalia will significantly curtail harvests early in 2007, creating food...

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SOMALIA: A question of balance

NOV 20, 2006

MOGADISHU, 20 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - After more than a decade of brutal factional fighting, the road-blocks and gunmen have been cleared off the streets of...

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Somali moves to heal rift with speaker

NOV 20, 2006

BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - The Somali government on Monday moved to heal rifts with a maverick parliament speaker who made an unauthorised visit to Mogad...

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Islamists 'attack' Ethiopians

NOV 20, 2006

MOGADISH, Somalia (Reuters) - Fighters loyal to Somali Islamists attacked an Ethiopian military convoy on Sunday, said an Islamist source, in what mig...

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Somali bread makes a lefse substitute

NOV 20, 2006

There is a tradition in my family of cooking a couple of Swanson-brand turkey pot pies to be served alongside the Thanksgiving feast....

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U.N. envoy urges Somali rivals to make new commitment to faltering talks

NOV 20, 2006

BAIDOA, Somalia: The United Nations' envoy to Somalia on Monday urged the country's fractured government to make amends and commit to faltering peace ...

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Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery 2008

NOV 19, 2006

Our State Department Web site for the 2008 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2008) is now open. The application submission period for DV-2008 is from 12:00PM...

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Huge aid operation underway as floods, crocs ravage Kenya, Somalia

NOV 19, 2006

NAIROBI: The United Nations and aid groups have launched a massive humanitarian operation in Kenya to assist more than 150,000 people hit by killer fl...

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