Somalia β Hundreds of people made large demonstration against the latest suicide blast targeted to Shamo hotel in south of Mogadishu which left more lives and injuries in the capital on 3rd December.
The demonstrators traveled on the streets and main intersections of the capital like Banadir, KM5, Km4 and Mekka Al-mukarama Street, a key road [...]
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MOGADISHU, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) – When a deadly blast tore through a graduation ceremony in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on 3 December, 23 people died, dozens were injured and the day suddenly turned dark for hundreds of people who had turned up for what should have been a celebration. The government has since set [...]
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Nairobi – Somalia’s minister for Youth and Sports has died of injuries sustained in Thursday’s suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a government official said Sunday, raising the death toll to 24. A Somali government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told the German Press Agency dpa that Saleeban Olaad Roble died on [...]
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A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men’s shoes has gone up from $20 to $50.
The reason: pirates.
The influx of millions of dollars in ransoms has changed life in this coastal Muslim community, driving prices up and creating [...]
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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is on guard against an Al Qaeda build-up in Yemen and Somalia as it expects the militants to seek refuge there as they are targeted in Afghanistan and Pakistan. βThe struggle against violent extremism will not be finished quickly, and it extends well beyond Afghanistan and Pakistan,β President Barack Obama warned [...]
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Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda ee Dowladda Faransiiska Bernard Kouchner ayaa si adag u cambaareeyey qaraxii Khamiistii ka dhacay Muqdisho ee lagu laayey Wasiirro iyo arday jaamacadeed.
Wuxuu Wasiirku daboolka ka qaaday in dowladdiisu ay qaadayso tallaabo ay dowladda Soomaaliya kaga daaweynayso dhibaatadaas soo food saartay, si Soomaaliya loogu soo celiyo nabaddii iyo xasiloonidii ka luntay.
Mr [...]
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MELBOURNE, Australia β A 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his mother let go for an instant.
The escape was captured on security camera footage that shows the red, three-wheeled stroller plunging off a station platform just as the commuter train pulls in, and the mother’s [...]
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New documents obtained by TWI related to the case of Mohammed Jawad, an adolescent tortured by Afghan police and then abused again by U.S. interrogators, suggest that not only certain CIA interrogations, but interrogations by the Department of Defense demand a broader investigation as well.
Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would investigate [...]
September 28, 2009 | Posted in
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The expose discusses research on cellphones and brain tumors and concludes:
There is a risk of brain tumors from cellphone use;
Telecom funded studies underestimate the risk of brain tumors, and;
Children have larger risks than adults for brain tumors.
This report, sent to government leaders and media today, details eleven design flaws of the 13-country, [...]
September 1, 2009 | Posted in
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Libya is hosting a special session of the African Union Assembly in an effort to resolve conflicts on the continent. AU chairman and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi told the heads of states gathered for the meeting one of the greatest dangers facing the war-torn region is the presence of Israel.
Colonel Gadhafi opened the session by [...]
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