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Unveiling Somalia's Islamists

OCT 06, 2006

The Islamist alliance, the Union of Islamic Courts, may have succeeded in gaining control in much of Somalia, but, having defeated the country's warlo...

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Stop denial about Somali killings

OCT 06, 2006

Clearly in pain, Abdiqani Ibrahim, a 26 year old Somali shopkeeper who is recovering from serious injuries that he sustained in Phillipi after armed g...

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Nakheel to open Djibouti Palace hotel next month

OCT 05, 2006

Dubai: Nakheel’s Djibouti Palace Kempinski hotel will open in the first week of November to coincide with a summit of African leaders, a senior comp...

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US donates patrol boats to Kenya as Somalia unrest fears rise

OCT 05, 2006

MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - The United States said it would donate six powerful armored speedboats to Kenya to boost patrols along its Indian Ocean coast a...

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On-Air Comedy Skit Seen Harmful to Minnesota Muslims

OCT 05, 2006

Minneapolis, MN – (HOL) Local Muslims are wary of the repercussions of a comedy skit that aired on a Twin Cities radio station, KDWB-FM, last week. ...

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From Somalia to Madison

OCT 05, 2006

A Somalian women’s rights activist passionately spoke before University of Wisconsin students Wednesday evening about the plight of what some have r...

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Somali peace talks in 'jeopardy'

OCT 05, 2006

Nairobi - Somalia's weak government has accused the Arab League of bias toward the country's powerful Islamists movement and warned that upcoming Arab...

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Dozens of Somali MPs leave government seat, meet Islamists

OCT 05, 2006

A group of Somali lawmakers met powerful Islamists in their Mogadishu stronghold after leaving the temporary capital because of growing security fears...

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Militia Advances Closer to Somalia Base

OCT 04, 2006

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia has advanced to within 12 miles of the only town still controlled b...

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Officer and truck dirver killed on the Will Rogers Turnpike

OCT 04, 2006

CLAREMORE -- A relative of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper said the trooper was attempting a U-turn when a crash killed him and a truck driver Sund...

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