CBC.ca
Fighting in Somali capital kills 17, rebels behead 2
Reuters South Africa
Somalia's state minister for defence said it was a victory to overpower al Shabaab fighters. "We have surrounded al Shabaab and driven them away. ...
Disengaging From SomaliaCouncil on Foreign Relations
Senior Islamist Leader Assassinated in SomaliaVoice of America
Africom commander says US supports Somali government to retake MogadishuXinhua
Yemen News Agency -Telegraph.co.uk -Aljazeera.net
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Earthtimes (press release)
NATO extends anti-piracy operation off Somalia until end 2012
RIA Novosti
Somali pirates carried out a record number of attacks and hijackings in 2009. According to the Piracy Reporting Center of the International Maritime Bureau, ...
NATO Extends Mandate Of Anti-Piracy Mission Off Somalia Until End 2012RTT News
Anti-piracy mission extendedStraits Times
NATO votes to extend mandate to fight piracyStars and Stripes

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Markos to Rush: Want libertarian health care? Try Somalia.
Daily Kos (blog)
As Markos pointed out, if Rush really wants a libertarian health care system, he oughta give that libertarian paradise of Somalia a shot. ...

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ABC News
Report: Somalia Food Aid Diverted To Corrupt Contractors, Armed Groups
AHN | All Headline News
New York, NY, United States (AHN) - A United Nations group monitoring the arms embargo and humanitarian aid to Somalia claimed in a report that half of food ...
UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid divertedThe Associated Press
Half of all food sent to Somalia is stolen, says UN reportThe Guardian
UN reports diversion of Somalia aidLos Angeles Times
New York Times -Afrik.com -ABC Online
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Antiwar.com
Folly in Somalia
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Part of the reason is because the United States has its only base in Africa up the coast from Mogadishu, in Djibouti, the former French Somaliland. ...
Africom commander says US supports Somali government to retake MogadishuXinhua
US Drones Reported Over Somali CapitalAntiwar.com
US commander backs bid for MogadishuAFP

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New York Times
UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted
The Associated Press
According to the newspaper, Somali officials deny the visa problem is widespread. Somalia's government, with US military aid, is readying a military ...
Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, UN Study FindsNew York Times
Report: Half of Somalia food aid divertedUPI.com
Half the food sent to Somalia does not make itDigitalJournal.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Reuters South Africa
Somali Islamist Commander Slain in Mogadishu
NewsBlaze
By Shafi'i Mohyaddin Abokar Unidentified assailants have shot and killed top Somali Islamist commander of the Hezbal Islam insurgent group, ...
Senior Islamist Leader Assassinated in SomaliaVoice of America
Somali Islamist Who Opposed Merger With Rival Group Shot DeadBusinessWeek
Somalia: Senior Islamist guerrilla assassinated in MogadishuGarowe Online
News24 -The Associated Press -Earthtimes (press release)
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CBC.ca
Somali leader welcomes US military support
Independent
Somalia's president yesterday welcomed any US military involvement in a long-awaited offensive in his country aimed at driving Islamist ...
Somali Shabab 'ready to fight' USAljazeera.net
Is the tide turning in Somalia?The Guardian
Brought to US, Man Is Charged With Aiding Somali TerroristsNew York Times
Christian Science Monitor -CBC.ca -The Associated Press
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Eritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terrorists
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Evidence collected by the United States against an East African charged with providing support to a Somali terrorist organization linked to ...
Man Accused of Aiding Somali Terror Group Pleads Not Guily in NYNBC New York
African man accused of aiding terror group pleadsNewsday (subscription)

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Man Accused of Aiding Somali Terror Group Pleads Not Guily in NY
NBC New York
Ibrahim Ahmed is accused of attending bomb-making training in al Qaida-linked camps in Somalia and of plotting to support a terrorist organization working ...
Eritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terroristsThe Associated Press
African man accused of aiding terror group pleadsNewsday (subscription)

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Los Angeles Times
Kenyan-flagged fishing boat hijacked off Somalia
AFP
MOMBASA, Kenya — Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing boat with 16 crew which may be used as a "mother ship" to launch more ...
EU: Somali pirates seize Kenyan fishing vesselThe Associated Press
Gulf of Aden pirates are having less successLos Angeles Times
Somali Pirates Seize Spanish Fishing VesselRTT News
Christian Science Monitor -The Epoch Times -FIS
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Mirror.co.uk
UK hostage couple 'not in danger': Somali president
AFP
"It's easy for some people to despair looking at the situation in Somalia but I believe this is the best chance we have ever had, considering people are ...
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has said efforts are being made to ...BBC News
Somali leader 'hopeful' couple kidnapped by pirates will be releasedIndependent
Somali President Pushing for Release of UK Couple HeldTransWorldNews (press release)
Scottish Daily Record -Earthtimes (press release) -ISRIA (registration)
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Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
The Associated Press
Around 20 youths of Somali descent are believed to have traveled to Somalia from Minnesota since 2007 to help al-Shabab. Omar's lawyers say he never ...

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No sympathy for ex-Somali official now living in Fairfax
Washington Post
What Mr. Samantar, who now lives in Fairfax and is being sued in US court, doesn't say is that Somalia was not ruled by laws but men during his years in ...

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Times Online
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has said efforts are being made to ...
BBC News
Piracy is part of a larger problem that we face in Somalia and the government is actively working on finding a peaceful resolution to this issue. ...
UK hostage couple 'not in danger': Somali presidentAFP
Somali leader 'hopeful' couple kidnapped by pirates will be releasedIndependent
Reunion for British couple kidnapped by Somali piratesScottish Daily Record
TransWorldNews (press release) -ISRIA (registration) -The AtlanticWire (blog)
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BBC News
Brown presses Somali leader over kidnapped Britons
AFP
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed the Somali president during talks in London on Monday to help secure the release of a British couple held ...
Kent couple kidnapped by Somali pirates 'temporarily reunited'Kent Online
Britons held by pirates together againIreland Online
Miliband is not at faultShields Gazette
Daily Mail -The Associated Press -The Press Association
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Reuters
International Women's Day absurd says supermodel
Reuters
Waris Dirie (R) from Somalia receives the 'World Social Award' from the former president of the Soviet Union and president of the World Awards Mikhail ...
'Desert Flower' Screening: Seeing DoubleWomen's Wear Daily

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Los Angeles Times
French Navy Arrests 35 Suspected Pirates Off Somali Coast
RTT News
(RTTNews) - French navy has arrested some 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia in an operation stretching nearly three days, claimed the French ...
Somali pirates: Does France have the most effective navy against the buccaneers?Christian Science Monitor
France seizes 35 Somali 'pirates'BBC News
Somali Pirates Free 23 Russian SailorsThe Moscow Times
AFP -Stars and Stripes -Ukrainian Globalist
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Globe and Mail
Canada lists Somalia's Shebab as a terrorist group
AFP
"The government is taking this step to help protect Canadian families from the activities of this organization... and to better support the Somali community ...
Somalia: Minister - 'Desplaced Citizens Should Be Supported'AllAfrica.com
Somali group added to terrorist listCBC.ca
Somali group added to Canada's terror listUPI.com
AHN | All Headline News -Reuters AlertNet -Democracy Now
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US Indicts Ahmed for Aiding Somali Terrorist Group
BusinessWeek
In April 2009, Ahmed traveled to Al Shabaab paramilitary camps in Kismayo and Barawa, Somalia, for jihad training, according to the indictment. ...
Accused Somali-trained militant to be tried in NYReuters South Africa
Terror Suspect Arrested in Nigeria to Make NY Court AppearanceNBC New York
Man arrested in Nigeria is charged in NYC with assisting a terror group in SomaliaThe Canadian Press

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