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Blacks left out of Minnesota's rush to own homes

OCT 03, 2006

Minnesota ranks No. 1 for homeownership nationally, but the state's black households still aren't sharing in this success story....

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End the blame game and start fighting terror

OCT 03, 2006

The terrorism blame game being played by America's leaders in recent weeks goes beyond political sport. It is polarizing the country in the worst poss...

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We will take port from Islamists, says Somali militia

OCT 03, 2006

A local militia said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with Somalia's weak government to retake by force a key southern port it lost to powerful Islamis...

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Kenya Having Second Thoughts On Supporting Somalia

OCT 03, 2006

Kenya seems to be reconsidering its support for the ineffectual Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia following the steady territorial expa...

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Fear of renewed displacement as rise of Islamists heightens tensions

OCT 03, 2006

newsinsideThe take-over by the Islamist Court Union (ICU) of Mogadishu and large parts of Somalia's centre and south have added a high degree of unpre...

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Puntland arrests traffickers and deports migrants

OCT 03, 2006

Authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, have begun a campaign to detain and repatriate would-be migrants...

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Kismayo radio station back on air

OCT 02, 2006

NAIROBI, 2 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which controls the capital, Mogadishu, and much of south-central Somalia, has allowed ...

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32nd Somali slain in 'horrendous killing'

OCT 02, 2006

Another Somali national has been shot dead in the Western Cape, bringing the total number of murders of Somalis in the region's informal settlements i...

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Thousands of new citizens urged to vote

OCT 02, 2006

The more than 20,000 immigrants in Ohio who have become citizens since the 2004 election are being encouraged to register to vote and become a politic...

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Meles supports Somali govt`s right to self-defence

OCT 02, 2006

Affirming that Ethiopia had not sent troops to Somalia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said that the Transitional Federal Government of President Abd...

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