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ANALYSIS-Somali PM's hometown victory only first step

DEC 31, 2006

With more than a millennium of enmity between Ethiopians and Somalis, who view their much larger neighbour as a Christian imperialist power, the quest...

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Thousands said fleeing Somali flashpoint town

DEC 31, 2006

KISMAYU, Somalia, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Thousands of Somalis were fleeing the town of Jilib on Sunday, as Ethiopian tanks and government troops headed to...

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Refugee family sues over lead poisoning

DEC 31, 2006

newsinsideThe parents of a two-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire girl are suing their former landlord and building manager, alleging that not enough ...

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Ethiopian, Somali troops corner militants

DEC 31, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops closed in Saturday on the last remaining stronghold of a militant Islamic movement in so...

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Not a shot was fired yet the Somali jihad was suddenly over...

DEC 31, 2006

Their fortress fell without a shot. After just nine days of clashes in Somalia's hinterland, the Islamists who had vowed to fight to the death abandon...

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Local Somalis want peace for homeland

DEC 30, 2006

re than a thousand Somalis gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday to call for Ethiopian troops to withdraw immediately from Somalia....

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Somali troops close on militants

DEC 30, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops were closing in Saturday on the last remaining stronghold of a militant Islamic mo...

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Aid plane crashes in Kenya

DEC 30, 2006

Nairobi - A Kenyan plane carrying aid and fuel to neighbouring Somalia crashed and burst into flames on Saturday, but officials said all three crew su...

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Somalia's president ready to visit recaptured capital Mogadishu

DEC 30, 2006

AFGOYE, Somalia (AFP) - Somalia's President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed has travelled to Afgoye near the capital to prepare his entrance into Mogadishu itsel...

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