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Militant may link Somalia, al-Qaida

OCT 15, 2006

NAIROBI, Kenya — The shadowy military commander of the Islamic movement that is advancing across southern Somalia has begun to go public, and he’s...

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Fleeing Somalis wait to start refugee life in Kenya

OCT 15, 2006

LIBOI, Kenya, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Fearful of guns, 15-year-old Abdi Ali knew he had to flee to Kenya to avoid being recruited by powerful Somali Islami...

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EXCLUSIVE-Islamists planning to rid Somalia of illegal guns

OCT 15, 2006

MOGADISHU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamists plan to do what many believe to be impossible in a country synonymous with anarchy -- take the guns ...

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4 Kids Killed in Refugee Family Violence

OCT 14, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Fatuma Amir and Said Biyad, members of a persecuted minority, came to the United States from Somalia to escape the violence in ...

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Somalia's Islamic Radicals Repel Attack

OCT 14, 2006

KISMAYO, Somalia (AP) - Islamic radicals repulsed an attack by pro-government forces to recapture a vital seaport and on Saturday took control of a sy...

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Somalia's Islamic radicals repel attack to recapture port, say witnesses and officials

OCT 14, 2006

newsinsideKISMAYO, Somalia Somalia's Islamic radicals repulsed an attack by pro-government forces to recapture a vital seaport, officials said Saturda...

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Bannaanbax looga soo horjeedo Xassuuqa Somalida

OCT 13, 2006

Waxaa shalay oo Khamiis 12ka Oktober 2006, ka dhacay banaanbax xarunta caanka ah oo lagu magacaabo Athletic Club ee Magaaladda Columbus, gobolka Ohio ...

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Immigrants are victims as 'apartheid' returns to South Africa

OCT 13, 2006

As dawn breaks over Zimbabwe, Douglas Foster and five other men crouch behind a fence, waiting for a South African border police patrol to pass. Shive...

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Language is big concern at hospitals

OCT 13, 2006

Reports released yesterday by the National Health Law Program in Washington, D.C., highlight the need for good hospital interpreters, in dozens of lan...

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South Africa: 'We'll drive out Somalis'

OCT 13, 2006

The growing number of brutal attacks on the Somali community in the Western Cape has forced the local police to admit that xenophobia, and not crimina...

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