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SANAA, May 28 (Reuters) - Lunchtime in Sanaa. Offices begin to close, the crowds disappear from the ancient souqs, restaurants hurry their last custom...
Read More »Ethiopia vows to hunt down perpetrators of Monday's grenade attack
The anti-peace forces that perpetrated attacks on innocent civilians in east Ethiopia's Jijiga town, would be hunted down and brought before law soon,...
Read More »Somali pirates seize one more vessel and release one
DUBAI — Even as one more UAE vessel was allegedly hijacked in Somali territorial waters yesterday, Somali pirates released St. Kitts-flagged MV Mari...
Read More »Cargo ship with Indian crew hijacked by Somali pirates
Dubai, May 30: An United Arab Emirates (UAE) registered cargo vessel with a 14 member Indian crew onboard has been hijacked by Somali pirates....
Read More »DJIBOUTI: Cholera outbreak in northwest under control
NAIROBI, 29 May 2007 (IRIN) - An outbreak of cholera that left five people dead in two villages in the Tadjourah region of northwestern Djibouti has b...
Read More »NGO, civil society leaders discuss reconstruction
KAMPALA, 29 May 2007 (IRIN) - Non-governmental organisations working in Somalia and civil society leaders are meeting in Uganda to discuss a reconstru...
Read More »Russia to provide poorest countries $500 mln in financial aid
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia intends to provide $500 million in aid to the world's poorest countries over the next few years, the Russian fin...
Read More »Immigrants 'refused boarding' on buses
Two immigrant Eritreans have claimed that a bus driver at the Valletta terminus did not let them ride his vehicle because of their skin colour....
Read More »Muslim cabbies say 'no' to customers with booze
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (AFP) - Some Muslim taxi drivers in Minnesota have drawn the ire of airport authorities for refusing to pick up customers carrying alc...
Read More »5 arrested in connection with attacks in eastern Ethiopia, say officials
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Police have arrested five people in connection with attacks in eastern Ethiopia that killed at least 16 people and injure...
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