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3 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

In prison, Somalia's pirates become a source of government wrangling

Two convicted Somali pirates, Mawlid Ahmed Abtidon, 25, right, and Abdi Fatah Ahmed Abdullah, 29, complained about a shortage of prison food and the absence of promised phone calls.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, Africa, World News, Home Gardening, Home

7 hrs ago | Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Obama won't ground aerial strikes that kill terrorists. Good.

President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, World News, Yemen, Middle East, Africa, Terrorism, Opinion

11 hrs ago | Final Call

Somali women cashing in on business

In the Hamarweyne market, Mogadishu's largest, 24 year old Maryama Yunis is finding success with her tiny cosmetic store.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Small Business, Personal Finance

16 hrs ago | AlertNet

Campaigners praise U.S. water plan but urge focus on poor

Internally displaced Somali girls fetch water from a tank at Sayyidka camp in the Howlwadag district, south of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, May 3, 2013.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Agriculture, Science

20 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers and the terror group al-Shabab

Two Muslim hardline preachers say that one of the suspects in the killing of a London soldier was interested in their teachings.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

23 hrs ago | UPI

Outside View: Somalia's Jubaland

Following a quarter-century of civil wars and absentee governance, Jan. 17 of this year saw the United States recognize the modern state of the Federal Republic of Somalia after President Hassan Sheik Mohamud traveled to Washington to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton .

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Thu May 23, 2013

Brandon Sun

Rapper/songwriter K'naan tries his hand at writing/directing film

Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan has long drawn musical inspiration from his troubled homeland.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Sundance Film Festival, The Hurt Locker, New York

KFBB

Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers

A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

The Toronto Star

Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia

Ottawa-raised sisters Ilwad Elman, 23, and Iman Elman, 21, pose inside the Elman Peace Centre, a rape crisis shelter in Mogadishu.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Elma, NY

Wed May 22, 2013

New Hampshire Public Radio -

Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

A 4-month-old girl came down with paralysis on April 30, and then two healthy kids nearby also tested positive for the virus.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Vaccinations, Health, Africa, World News

GPB.org

Polio Outbreak In Kenya: A Threat To Global Eradication

A baby receives a polio vaccine at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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Related Topix: Travel, Africa Travel, Kenya Travel, Vaccinations, Health, Somalia Travel, World News, Africa, Family, Kids, South Africa Travel, Africa, South Africa Travel

Pravda

Somalia and the slippery slope of 'Jubbaland'

If the latest development in Somalia gives you the feeling of being trapped in the Twilight Zone - somewhere between relative security and renewed bloodshed - you are not alone.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

AlertNet

Somali lawmakers withdraw confidence vote against PM

Somali members of parliament shelved a vote of confidence against the prime minister on Wednesday, but warned the government it would face further parliamentary rebellions if it did not do more to improve the economy and security.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Tue May 21, 2013

OpEdNews

Robbery victims assisted by thieves

In the aftermath of Second World War, in a meeting held on 24th October 1945 in San Francisco, the Charter of United Nations Organization was finalized and countries liberated from the AXIS Forces were named "Occupied Enemy Territories" and they were recognized as existing countries.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, US News, Liberal Political News

Patch.com

Milton's Memorial Day Brings Commander from 'Black Hawk Down'

Milton will hold its sixth annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 27, with retired Col.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Georgia, Africa, World News

Mon May 20, 2013

Big News Network.com

Reporters safety group issues Somalia warning

Journalists and aid workers are among those considered most at risk of crime and kidnapping in Somalia, a reporters' safety monitoring group said.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Terrorism

AlertNet

Somali government says guns won't decide disputed port's fate

Somalia's new government said on Monday it was pursuing talks to resolve rival claims for control in the south that have stoked fears of a return to the clan wars that pitched the nation into anarchy two decades ago.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Uganda News Picks

Ugandan Soldiers Return After Spending a Year in Somalia

Ugandan soldiers from Battle Group 9+, under the command of Colonel Stephen Mugerwa, have completed their 13 month tour of duty and began to return home.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Iranians Convicted of Illegal Fishing in Puntland State Waters

A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, Africa, World News

Sun May 19, 2013

The Montgomery Advertiser

Gene Kamena: Warriors of Benghazi were abandoned

They do not give a damn about altered talking points, personal or political agendas, or Sunday talk shows.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News