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27 Somali illegal immigrants rescued at sea

MAY 30, 2007

An Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol vessel is rescuing 25 Somali illegal immigrants 80 nautical miles south of Malta. The boat the illegal immigran...

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Gunmen slay Somali security official

MAY 30, 2007

Mogadishu (AFP) - Gunmen assassinated a top Somali intelligence official in Mogadishu on Wednesday in an escalation of attacks on government targets i...

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Ethiopian troops in Somalia kill 5 passers-by after blast

MAY 30, 2007

Mogadishu (AP) - Ethiopian troops opened fire at passers-by Wednesday, killing five of them and injuring three others, after a land mine exploded as t...

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Mogadishu still dangerous after open fighting ceases

MAY 30, 2007

"This situation is, in a sense, worse than the open fighting in the city," said Nor Farah, a Mogadishu resident, as he complained the deteriorating se...

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Roadside bomb targets Ethiopian forces in Somalia

MAY 30, 2007

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A roadside bomb blast tore through a convoy carrying Ethiopian troops in a central Somali town on Wednesday, seriously wounding ...

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Amina Alaman: "I want to go to school"

MAY 30, 2007

GALKAYO, Amina Alaman, a 10-year-old girl, was born in a camp for displaced people and has not known any other life. Her family first escaped their ho...

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Burlington Officials Address Discrimination, Again

MAY 30, 2007

BURLINGTON — Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan acknowledges that every person, even a law-enforcement official, carries inherent bia...

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4 dead after blast, gunbattle

MAY 30, 2007

Mogadishu (AFP) - Four Somali civilians died in a roadside bomb attack on an Ethiopian military truck on Wednesday near the central Somali town of Bel...

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Ethiopia begins 10-day census

MAY 30, 2007

Addis Ababa (AP) - Ethiopia began a population count on Tuesday, a daunting task in a country where asking direct, personal questions is seen as socia...

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UN, Somalia needs $2.2bn for reconstruction

MAY 30, 2007

KAMPALA (AFP) - Somalia needs $2.2 billion for reconstruction and the restoration of peace, a UN envoy said Tuesday, as fighting continued in the law...

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