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Somalis find a sometimes uneasy home in an old mill city in Maine

MAY 11, 2007

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A middle school student's prank — tossing a piece of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Muslim youngsters from S...

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UN envoy visits Mogadishu

MAY 11, 2007

Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - UN envoy to Somalia Francois Fall has arrived in Mogadishu for his first visit since the end of some of the deadliest fight...

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AU member states urged to reinforce Somalia mission

MAY 11, 2007

MOGADISHU, May 11 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) on Friday urged member states who have pledged troops to its peacekeeping mission in Somalia to d...

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Somalia tackles arms market

MAY 11, 2007

MOGADISHU - In a bid to reinforce its tenuous grip on Somalia’s war-wracked capital, officials have launched a crackdown on an outdoor market in Mog...

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Somalia too tough for al Qaeda?

MAY 11, 2007

WASHINGTON (Examiner) - Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda has failed for more than a decade to establish an operational base in Somalia due to the country�...

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Africa parliament says Ethiopia to fail in Somalia

MAY 11, 2007

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ethiopia's efforts to stabilise Somalia are unlikely to succeed and African countries should live up to their promises to sen...

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Aid workers kidnapped in Somalia are "safe"

MAY 11, 2007

BOSSASSO (Reuters) - Two aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region are in good health and their abductors are negot...

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Attack Kills 2 In Somali Capital

MAY 10, 2007

A land mine attack on a convoy of Somali government officials ended in the deaths of two civilians in the restive capital Thursday, an official and wi...

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Johnstown imam forced to resign over comments

MAY 10, 2007

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- The leader of a Muslim center has resigned after telling a newspaper that, in the eyes of the Islamic community, a death sentence wa...

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Irish, Kenyan aid workers feared kidnapped in Somalia

MAY 10, 2007

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two aid workers, one Irish and one Kenyan, are missing and feared kidnapped in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of north Somali...

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