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6 people killed in Somalia explosions

MAY 16, 2007

KISMAYO, Somalia - A bombing and an apparent accidental blast killed at least six people and injured more than 20 in violence-wracked Somalia on Tuesd...

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Aid workers freed in Somalia

MAY 16, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Reuters) -- Two foreign aid workers kidnapped by gunmen last week in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have been ...

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Ethiopian PM praises Blair as 'friend of Africa'

MAY 16, 2007

Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, praised Tony Blair, his outgoing British counterpart, today for his commitment to Africa....

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Bomb kills four Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia

MAY 16, 2007

MOGADISHU, May 16 (Reuters) - A remote-controlled bomb killed four African Union peacekeepers from Uganda and a civilian on Wednesday in the Somali ca...

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How to Improve Academic Achievement of Students of Somali Origin in Canadian Public Schools

MAY 15, 2007

My name is Mohamed Hassan and I am a graduate student of University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education. I am currently conducting a study of “How to Im...

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Aid not reaching most Somali war afflicted: U.N.

MAY 15, 2007

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Aid workers are only reaching about a third of the thousands of civilians afflicted by Mogadishu's worst fighting for years, the U...

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Somali President In Uganda For Talks On AU Peacekeeping Mission

MAY 15, 2007

NAIROBI (AP)--Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf was in Uganda, Tuesday discussing with President Yoweri Museveni about the African Union peacekeeping m...

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Mogadishu mayor regrets disruption of UN mission by bombs

MAY 15, 2007

NAIROBI, 14 May 2007 (IRIN) - Explosions in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, which forced the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes to c...

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Gunmen attack UN health office in Mogadishu

MAY 15, 2007

MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a U.N. World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Mogadishu and wounded a guard, in the latest strike nea...

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Somali kidnappers say holding aid workers for now

MAY 15, 2007

MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - Kidnappers in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region will hold two foreign aid workers seized last week until local a...

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