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Up to 100 Somalis, Ethiopians feared drowned: U.N.

MAR 26, 2007

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 29 people were killed and 71 reported missing after knife-wielding smugglers forced some 450 Somali and Ethiopian migrants...

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Transaviaexport suspends flights to Somalia citing war reasons

MAR 26, 2007

newsinsideBelarus -Transaviaexport Airlines has suspended flights to Somalia until the military conflict is settled, BelTA learnt from representatives...

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HORN OF AFRICA: Warning on potential locust swarms

MAR 26, 2007

NAIROBI, 26 March 2007 (IRIN) - The locust infestation developing in the Horn of Africa has the potential to cause a serious humanitarian problem in E...

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Uganda: The Media Have a Duty to Inform

MAR 26, 2007

KAMPALA, Uganda (The New Vision) - DEFENCE Minister Dr. Cryspus Kiyonga has accused the media of wishing our boys in Somalia bad luck by reporting abo...

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Ethiopian troops open fire after explosion in army camp, 1 person killed, witness says

MAR 26, 2007

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Ethiopian troops opened fire after a major explosion occurred at an Ethiopian army camp on the outskirts of the Somali capit...

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Hundreds of families flee Somalia fighting

MAR 26, 2007

MOGADISHU (AFP) - Hundreds of families took advantage Sunday of a rare period of calm to flee the Somali capital after deadly clashes last week which ...

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Power vacuum in Somalia as factions fight

MAR 26, 2007

The worsening security situation in Somalia is being blamed on miscalculations by the Ethiopian government and the Transitional Federal Government (TF...

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Ugandans winning hearts in Somalia

MAR 26, 2007

RELATIVE calm prevailed in the Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday after days of fierce fighting between Ethiopian-backed government forces and insurge...

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Djibouti to host first African Horn intellectual conference

MAR 25, 2007

In an attempt to activate the role of intellectuals in the conflict-ridden Horn of African region, Djibouti will offer a forum to the region's intelle...

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Al-Qaida escapee urges Somali 'holy war'

MAR 25, 2007

CAIRO, Egypt - In a new video posted Sunday on the Internet, an al-Qaida militant who escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan called on militants in...

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