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Islamic militiamen fighting Ethiopian troops in southern Somalia town

DEC 08, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic militiamen are fighting Ethiopian troops in a southern Somalia town, a top Islamic official said Friday....

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Flood Situation Report No 13

DEC 07, 2006

During the week, IDPs were evicted from public buildings in Baidoa and moved to two sites in Baidoa town. Pastoralists who have lost livestock during ...

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US troops join Somali refugee relief effort in flood-hit Kenya

DEC 07, 2006

NAIROBI (AFP) - The US military has said it would begin airlifting relief aid at the weekend to more than 100,000 Somali refugees left homeless by mas...

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Statement on the Security Council Resolution on Somalia

DEC 07, 2006

Statement by Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on the Security Council Resolution on Somalia, in the Security Coun...

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One killed in Somalia clash

DEC 07, 2006

MOGADISHU - A pro-government fighter has been killed after Islamic forces clashed with militia from a semi-autonomous region in central Somalia, ratch...

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U.N. Hopes Somalia Resolution Averts War

DEC 07, 2006

NITED NATIONS (AP) - Hoping to head off a regional proxy war, the U.N. Security Council came to the aid of Somalia's virtually powerless government, a...

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More funds needed to cope with floods

DEC 07, 2006

NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The main challenge in responding to the flood emergency in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continues to be providing adequate...

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Lifting of arms embargo dangerous, UIC says

DEC 07, 2006

NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) condemned on Thursday a decision by the United Nations Security Council to lift an arms...

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Somali Islamists angry at U.N. peacekeeper move

DEC 07, 2006

MOGADISHU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said on Thursday that U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will "add fu...

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Congo, Tanzania and United States of America: draft resolution

DEC 06, 2006

Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in particular resolution...

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