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Somali opposition says could fight UN

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:02:26 +0000

Somalia’s new opposition leader said Friday his supporters could take up arms against U.N. peacekeepers if they deploy the lawless country and side with the country’s weak...

Is John McCain in an early stage of Alzheimer?

Rudolf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:47 +0000

During the twilight of his presidency, Ronald Reagan was known to be forgetful. While traveling in Latin America, he was mixing up countries. “I am very happy to be in Argentina,” he was reported to have said when in actual fact he was...

Islamist takes over Somali opposition

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:29:28 +0000

A fundamentalist Muslim suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-Qaida has taken over as head of Somalia’s exiled opposition movement, pushing out a relative moderate who tried to strike a peace deal with the government, officials said...

Pirates seize ship with 20 Filipinos off Somalia

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:37:35 +0000

Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors on board off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine government official said Wednesday.

Hardline Islamist takes over Somali opposition

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:11:14 +0000

A fundamentalist Muslim whom the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida says he has taken over leadership of Somalia’s opposition.

Pirates off Somalia seize ship with 20 Filipinos

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:48:55 +0000

A Philippine government official says a ship with 20 Filipino sailors has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.

UN says 14 million in Africa's Horn need food aid

AP — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:12:00 +0000

Dahir Abdi Salah used to feed his children three meals a day _ pancakes for breakfast, spaghetti for lunch and beans for dinner.

7 civilians die in fighting in Somali capital

AP — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:12:23 +0000

Hours of fighting in the Somali capital killed at least seven civilians, including three young siblings who were leaving a religious school when a mortar landed nearby, witnesses said...

Somalia: 5th World Food Program worker slain

AP — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:45:01 +0000

A World Food Program contractor was gunned down in the fifth fatal attack this year on one of the agency’s workers, the WFP said Tuesday as thousands of Somalis gathered to protest the...

3 Somali aid workers shot in 24 hours

AP — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:09:16 +0000

Gunmen shot and killed two Somali aid workers and wounded a third within 24 hours, witnesses said Saturday, in the latest sign of spiraling violence against workers struggling to deal with the war-ravaged country’s humanitarian...