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Somalia : First oil well drilled in war-ravaged Somalia for 20 years
on 2012/1/18 11:23:10
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AFP
Drilling has begun on the first oil well in war-torn Somalia in 20 years, as Canada's Horn Petroleum Corp. broke ground on an exploratory site in the breakaway region of Puntland, officials said Tuesday.
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Somalia : Americans rise in rank inside Somalia jihadi group
on 2012/1/15 10:13:06
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AP
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the masked man is not Somali, or even African — he's a Wisconsin native who grew up in San Diego.
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Somalia : AU forces to investigate Somalia mosque attack
on 2012/1/10 12:06:27
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AFP
African Union troops in Somalia's war-torn capital will investigate an attack on a mosque in which a cleric reportedly died and several civilians were wounded, it said in a statement.
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Somalia : 20 Somali migrants suffocate in cramped truck
on 2012/1/5 11:28:40
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Reuters
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Twenty illegal Somali migrants suffocated to death as they were being smuggled in a cramped container truck through Tanzania, their bodies dumped on the road, police said on Wednesday.
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Somalia : Somali Islamist fighters bolster positions around key town
on 2012/1/3 10:46:45
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AFP
Somalia's Islamist insurgents on Monday vowed to recapture a key town they lost two days earlier to a joint push by Ethiopian troops, government forces and allied local militia.
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Somalia : MSF ponders Somali presence after attack: official
on 2012/1/1 14:31:41
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(Reuters) - Medecins Sans Fontieres is withdrawing non-Somali staff from a hospital in Mogadishu where two of its staff were shot dead but the aid group hopes to maintain its operation in Somalia despite the danger, an official said on Friday,
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Somalia : ICRC sends aid for casualties in Somalia fighting
on 2012/1/1 14:23:40
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(Reuters) - The International Committee for the Red Cross said on Friday it had sent more than a ton of medical supplies to southern Somalia, where over 100 people have been wounded in areas where Kenyan troops are fighting entrenched Islamist rebels.
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Somalia : Deaths in Somalia underscore risks MSF endures
on 2011/12/31 12:14:30
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A second foreigner working with Doctors Without Borders died of his wounds in an attack in Somalia that also killed the group's country director, though the aid organization declared Friday that despite the risks it would still provide medical care in one of the world's most dangerous countries.
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Somalia : MSF facing 'dilemma' in Somalia after aid workers killed
on 2011/12/31 12:11:52
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AFP
Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders said Friday it believed the killing of two staff members in the war-torn Somali capital was an isolated act but that it was reviewing its work in the area.
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Somalia : US Somalis say funds cutoff will devastate country
on 2011/12/31 12:02:03
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AFP
US Somalis said Friday that a Minnesota bank group's decision to cut off their money transfer business would have a devastating impact on people in the war-torn African country.
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Somalia : EU mulls expanding anti-piracy mission to beaches: Germany
on 2011/12/31 11:58:07
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AFP
The European Union is weighing expanding its anti-piracy operation off the Horn of Africa to include targeting equipment stored on Somali beaches, Germany said Friday.
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Somalia : Somali pirates hijack Italian tanker
on 2011/12/28 15:42:51
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Press TV
Somali pirates have hijacked an Italian-owned tanker with 18 crew members on board off the coast of Oman.

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Somalia : Somali journalists call for press freedom
on 2011/12/28 15:41:11
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Press TV
Somali journalists have staged several rallies during the past week in the capital city of Mogadishu to condemn the killing of a television journalist, Press TV reports.

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Somalia : Blasts kill 22 Somali civilians, troops
on 2011/12/28 15:36:51
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Press TV
Heavy explosions and bomb attacks north of the Somali capital of Mogadishu have killed at least 22 civilians and security forces and injured more than 20 others, Press TV reports.

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Somalia : Somalia appeals against U.S. wire transfer closure
on 2011/12/26 10:45:56
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Somalia appealed against a decision by a U.S. bank to shut down its money transfer service that serves as a lifeline for tens of thousands of Somalis who depend on remittances, saying the closure could lead to the collapse of the economy.
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Somalia : Somalis flee famine to find hunger, sickness in camps
on 2011/12/26 10:32:23
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AFP
When Somali refugee Madina Ali escaped harsh drought and famine in Somalia, she hoped to find a better life in Ethiopia's Dolo Ado camp.
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Somalia : Somali pirates release Italian oil tanker
on 2011/12/22 10:36:02
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Reuters
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates released an Italian-owned oil tanker and its 22 crew on Wednesday after receiving a multi-million dollar ransom, one of the pirates told Reuters.
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Somalia : Clashes in Somalia leave 18 dead
on 2011/12/20 10:34:24
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Press TV
At least five Somali government troops and 13 al-Shabab militants have been killed in an exchange of fire in southern Mogadishu, Press TV reports.

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Somalia : Somali journalist killed by man in soldier uniform
on 2011/12/19 10:04:13
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Reuters
(Reuters) - A journalist with a Somali television channel was shot dead in the capital Sunday by a man wearing a government soldier's uniform, witnesses said.
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Somalia : Somali rebels block ICRC food aid convoys
on 2011/12/17 14:30:16
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Islamist militants in Somalia have blocked two International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convoys carrying emergency food aid for drought victims this month, contractors and a senior rebel said.
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