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1 hr ago | Turkish Daily News

China virus death toll hits 30

“The threat was made yesterday evening, by an indigenous Fijian who asked a driver to deliver a letter to the embassy”

China virus death toll hits 30 The number of children confirmed to have died as a result of a highly contagious virus in China rose to 30 yesterday as the outbreak spread to yet another province, state media ... via Turkish Daily News

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Sunday | Buzzle.com

The End of Somaliland brings forth a Holistic Solution of the Somali Drama

The family falling-out is the swan song of the misfortunate and devious regime of Somaliland. via Buzzle.com

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Sunday | CNN

Somalis: Ethiopian troops killed 17 civilians

“An explosion sent us into the air, when we fell back to the ground three of my colleagues were lying there dead and six others were screaming from their wounds”

Islamist insurgents attacked two Ethiopian troop convoys, and the soldiers responded by turning on civilians and killing at least 17 of them in rural Somalia, witnesses said Thursday. via CNN

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Saturday May 10 | Hindustan Times

6 killed in attacks in Somalia

Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian soldiers killed six people in two separate attacks in southern Somalia on Saturday, a police officer and a witness said, at the end of a week that has seen some of the worst ... via Hindustan Times

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Saturday May 10 | Buzzle.com

Somaliland in Chaos: Somalia's Most Unsafe Spot

A while back, a plagiarist masqueraded as journalist, named Abdulazez al Motairi, widely and duly disdained in Somalia as dictator Riyale's lackey and high traitor, pretended in a series of falsified reports ... via Buzzle.com

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Friday May 9 | Raw Story

Somalia peace talks to get underway in Djibouti: UN

“You make peace in the first instance with your enemies, not your friends”

Somali government officials and exiled Islamist opposition leaders are to hold face-to-face peace talks in Djibouti, the United Nations special envoy to the country said Friday. via Raw Story

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Friday May 9 | CFRB

Police fortify Mogadishu HQ after rebel raid in heart of Somali capital

Somali police are fortifying their headquarters in Mongadishu after Islamic insurgents attacked the facility in the heart of capital on Thursday. via CFRB

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Thursday May 8 | Daily Times

Heavy fighting in Somalia leaves 23 dead

“In return they (Ethiopians) killed civilians who were near the fighting zone.”

MOGADISHU: Heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and extremist insurgents in central Somalia have left at least 23 people dead, witnesses and officials said on Thursday. via Daily Times

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Thursday May 8 | Scoop

Gunmen In Central Somalia Kill Food Convoy Driver

“The central region has tipped into a major humanitarian crisis, and we are partnering with CARE to help deliver food to everyone who needs it”

The United Nations World Food Programme has denounced the killing of one of its truck drivers in Somalia - the second incident of its kind this year - by militiamen who stopped the agency's food convoy at an ... via Scoop

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Wednesday May 7 | IRIN News

SOMALIA: Amnesty report 'scratches surface of atrocities'

“Some had their testicles cut off”

The Somali government denied claims by a rights group that its forces and their Ethiopian allies were committing atrocities against the civilian population - even as a civil society source said the report did ... via IRIN News

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