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10 hrs ago | AllAfrica.com

East Africa: Somali Military Bolstered By East Africa, Middle East Allies

Somalia's allies throughout East Africa and the Middle East are committing to help rebuild Somali military institutions through monetary and technical support.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Key International Investor Baffled By Rumours of Cancellation of Airport Contract.

Shabelle. Mogadishu- 17-June, 2013. SKA an international company which has invested millions of dollars in Mogadishu's Adan Ade international Airport is deeply baffled by rumours in Mogadishu which say that the Somali government has revoked a license which the company was managing the airport's logistical and handling services.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Reuters

Kenyan police kill suspected militant in raid, seize arms

Kenyan police said on Monday they had shot dead a suspected supporter of the Somali militant group al Shabaab during a gunfight and said he had been plotting attacks in the country.

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TIME.com

Four Ways Obama's Syria Gambit Could End

President Barack Obama answers questions at a White House news conference in Washington, April 30, 2013, where he strongly suggested he'd consider military action against Syria if it could be confirmed that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, George Bush, World News, Africa, US Senate, Republican, Lindsey Graham, US House of Representatives, Jane Harman, Democrat

Washington Times

PRICE: Readying outpost in Djibouti for a rapid responsea

On May 30, Army Brig. Gen. Kimberly Field announced the formation of a new "rapid response force" to be established at Camp Lemonnier in the East African nation of Djibouti .

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Yemen, Middle East, Africa, Kenya

Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Virginian-Pilot

Backlog at VA means vets must wait for claims

Larry Pleasants, photographed in his Virginia Beach home on June 15, 2013, is an Army veteran who retired in May from the National Guard after more than two decades of service.

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Related Topix: Virginia Beach, VA, US National Guard, US Military, World News, Africa, Life, Veteran Affairs

OregonLive.com

Interview: Journalist Jeremy Scahill brings 'Dirty Wars' to light

Jeremy Scahill has traveled to some of the most dangerous spots on Earth - Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia - as a journalist trying to tell the story of, in his words, "the war within the war."

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Related Topix: Dirty Wars, World News, Africa, George Bush, Movies, Entertainment

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Prof Gandhi - the Only Solution for Juba Land Is to Form an All Inclusive Administration

Kismayu- - Somalia's prominent Politian Prof Mohamed Abdi Qandhi who hails from the lower Juba region of Somalia has called for the establishment of a new administration in the Juba regions of Somalia which represents descendants of the region.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News

Sat Jun 15, 2013

News24

Deadly bomb hits Somali tea shop

At least seven people were killed when a bomb exploded in a tea shop popular with government troops in the Somali town of Wanlaweyn on Saturday, officials and residents said.

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Related Topix: Africa, World News, Explosion

AME Info

Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia appoints GFCL as...

Mr. Arun Panchariya, the Principal of Global Finance & Capital Limited , announced that the UK FCA registered corporate finance adviser has been appointed to provide exclusive advisory services to the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

KTKZ-AM Sacramento

Kenya, Somalia in dispute over...

The al-Qaida-linked militants who once controlled the southern port city of Kismayo are gone, but a fight for control of the city has broken out and at least 10 people have been killed in the recent violence.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Chinese-Djiboutian Delegation Visits Mogadishu Port to Plan Reconstruction

A joint delegation from China and Djibouti arrived in Mogadishu Tuesday to help re-build Mogadishu's port, Kenya's Africa Review reported.

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United Nations

New UN envoy hails Somaliland as a island of relative peace and stabilitya in insecure region

Special Representative Nicholas Kay listening in Mogadishu to one of a group of Somali women activists about a number of their concerns.

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Daily Kos

Ten Years Ago.

I've always enjoyed writing as a pastime, and have managed to publish three science fiction novels with the help of an electronic publisher.

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Centers for Disease Control and Preve...

Notes from the Field: Outbreak of Poliomyelitis - Somalia and Kenya, May 2013

On May 9, 2013, the Somalia Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization reported a confirmed wild poliovirus type 1 case in a girl aged 32 months from Mogadishu , with onset of acute flaccid paralysis on April 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Travel, Somalia Travel, World News, Africa Travel, Africa, Genetics, Medicine, Africa, Nigeria Travel, South Africa Travel, Nigeria Travel, Africa, South Africa Travel, Africa, Mali Travel, Mali Travel

AlertNet

Somalia aid workers risk Afghan-style manipulation-expert

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Africa, Hamid Karzai

AlertNet

EU to step up security involvement in Somalia

The European Union is to move military training of Somali soldiers from Uganda to Mogadishu in a show of confidence in Somalia's growing stability after two decades of turmoil, the EU special envoy to Somalia said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Travel, Somalia Travel, Africa Travel, Africa, World News

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Sunday Herald

Inside Track: Despatch from Mogadishu

Ah, it's good to be back on the road. Arriving in Somalia last week I was quickly reminded of the things I really miss as a foreign correspondent.

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AEI

Challenges to America's counterterrorism strategy in Somalia

Al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, al Shabaab, has suffered a series of defeats at the hands of Somali clan militia forces, internationally-backed African Union peacekeeping troops, and Somali federal government forces.

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CFR.org

Mapping Mogadishu and the Problem of Warlord Politicians

People stand in front of a building destroyed during a fight between al Shabaab militants against African Union and Somali Government forces in Mogadishu June 26, 2012.

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Related Topix: Tribal, Africa, World News