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Willful blindness, 'doublethink,' and the Mogadishu massacre

MAY 01, 2007

The prospect of the ill-advised partnership between Meles Zenawi's Ethiopia and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) ever solving the Somali prob...

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Getting Ethiopia out of Somalia

MAY 01, 2007

THE UNITED Nations' Office for Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia reported that the recent clashes between Ethiopian troops and Somali resis...

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AU troops patrol battle-scarred Somali capital

MAY 01, 2007

Mogadishu (AFP) - African Union troops on Tuesday patrolled areas of northern Mogadishu battered by recent heavy clashes, and pledged to offer securit...

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Finding parts of themselves at the library

MAY 01, 2007

The State Library of Ohio launched a program in January to help libraries attract more Hispanics. In Texas, Austin libraries tout their New Immigrants...

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Security Council deplores rising civilian deaths in Somalia

MAY 01, 2007

30 April 2007 – Deeply deploring the civilian deaths resulting from renewed fighting in Somalia, the Security Council today urged the country’s Go...

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Somali government hopes Puntland can help stem flow of would-be migrants

MAY 01, 2007

SANAA, 30 April 2007 (IRIN) - The Somali consulate in Aden, southern Yemen, says the number of smugglers' boats carrying African migrants from Somalia...

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UN wants peacekeeping plans for Somalia

MAY 01, 2007

MOGADISHU, May 01 -- The Security Council asked the United Nations to draw up contingency plans for UN peacekeepers in Somalia by mid-June should memb...

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ROADMAP TO GOVERNANCE, NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION IN SOMALIA

APR 30, 2007

The Transitional Federal Government is very much pleased to present to the Somali people today a very important programme for achieving a lasting peac...

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Somali insurgents refuse to down weapons

APR 30, 2007

Asmara - Renegade Somali leaders on Monday vowed deeper insurgency against government-backed Ethiopian troops despite retreating in recent clashes in ...

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Calm in Mogadishu Allows World Food Program to Distribute Aid

APR 30, 2007

With Mogadishu experiencing several days of calm, humanitarian agencies have been able to reach some of the many people who’ve been displaced in Som...

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