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Muslim Cleric Arrested In Somali Bombings |
| BOSASSO, Somalia , Oct. 30, 2008 (UPI) -- Police said Thursday they arrested a top Muslim cleric in the breakaway Somalia region of Puntland for ties to car bombings that killed at least 29 people. Read full text...
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HARGEYSA, 30 October 2008: Thousands of security forces were deployed on Thursday across Hargeysa, the capital of the breakaway statelet of Somaliland , a day after deadly suicide car bombings, police said.
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29/10/2008
FIDH strongly condemns the suicide attacks perpetrated today in Somaliland and Puntland, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens.
Three car-bomb suicide attacks targeted the government office, the United Nations compound as well as the Ethiopian embassy in Hergeisa, Somaliland . In the semi-independent region of Puntland,, two other attacks targeted a building of the intelligence services in the city of Bossasso .
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NAIROBI , Oct. 27, 2008 — A spate of high-profile hijackings by Somali pirates has spurred western navies into action but experts argue that a handful of warships can do little to stamp out the lucrative piracy business.
An Italian destroyer as well as British and Greek frigates arrived in the Gulf of Aden last week as the front guard of NATO's anti-piracy Operation Allied Provider.
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BRUSSELS , Oct. 27, 2008 — NATO says one of its warships has successfully escorted a cargo ship to a port in Somalia in the first such mission since the alliance's flotilla arrived off the Somali coast.
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Monday that the warship accompanied a vessel taking supplies to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia .
NATO's flotilla arrived in the region on the weekend.
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By KATHARINE HOURELD
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 27, 2008 — Blackwater Worldwide and other private security firms — some with a reputation for being quick on the trigger in Iraq — are joining the battle against pirates plaguing one of the world's most important shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia.
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NAIROBI , Kenya , Oct. 27, 2008 -- NATO warships safely escorted a cargo of supplies through the pirate-infested waters off Somalia today and hijackers holding an arms-laden Ukrainian vessel said its operators do not want to negotiate for the weapons.
The NATO escort for a ship supplying African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia was the first such mission for the alliance's seven-ship flotilla, which arrived in the region over the weekend to conduct anti-piracy patrols and guard World Food Program aid shipments.
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| NAIROBI , October 27, 2008 (Itar-Tass) -- The Somali pirates who seized the Faina ship and took the crew hostage have threatened to kill the hostages and set the ship on fire if no ransom is paid within 24 hours, Somali radio said on Monday. The hostages have been suffering from food shortages, it said.
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PR-inside.com
Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:08 UTC
Registration documents gathered by BBC included the confirmation that the ship hijacked by Somalia pirates belonged to a Jewish investor residing in the self proclaimed state of Israel , and not a Ukrainian ship.
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Mwai Kibaki, the IGAD host
By Reuben Olita and Agencies
Nairobi , October 29, 2008 – Regional leaders meeting in Nairobi yesterday urged Somali leaders to form a new cabinet within two weeks.
A statement issued yesterday said five presidents from the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) also called on the Somali parliament to “finalize the drafting of the Somali constitution and enact electoral and parties laws within six months of the issuance of this declaration”.
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Deadly Car Bombs Hit Somaliland |
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The attacks were a shock to many in Hargeysa after years of peace
Most of the casualties were in the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa
Hargeysa, October 29, 2008 – At least 29 people have died in a wave of coordinated car-bombings across northern Somalia .
Most of the casualties were in the Somaliland capital, Hargeysa, where the presidential palace, Ethiopian consulate and UN offices were targeted.
Two suicide attackers also killed six intelligence agents in their offices in neighboring Puntland, the region's president says.
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Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility For Wednesday's Suicidal Bombings In Hargeysa |
Hargeysa, Somaliland, November 1, 2008 (SL Times) – Somalia's terrorist organization Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the coordinated car bomb attacks which hit high-profile targets in Somaliland's capital Hargeysa on last Wednesday.
24 people were killed and over 30 wounded in three separate attacks on the presidential palace, Ethiopia 's diplomatic compound and the offices of the United Nations Development Programme.
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Nairobi , Kenya , October 29, 2008 – Refugees International (RI) expressed grave concern today over the multiple suicide bomb attacks in Hargeysa, Somaliland and the implications this violence will have on the provision of international assistance in the region. Read full text...
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Kenya On Heightened Terror Alert After Somaliland Bombings |
Nairobi , October 31, 2008 - Kenya was on a heightened terror alert Friday after recent suicide bombings in neighboring Somalia and the arrest Thursday in Nairobi of a man carrying what were believed to be detonators. Five suicide bombs in the breakaway Somali regions of Somaliland and Puntland killed at least 26 people Wednesday. Read full text...
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Washington, November 1, 2008 – If you ever needed a sign of how interested Ohio voters are in this year's election, just stop by your local county elections office during early voting.
On Friday, 9News crews saw some of the longest lines ever in Hamilton County , with voters waiting to cast their ballots. Read full text...
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IGAD to hold summit on Somalia in Nairobi |
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The Russian destroyer Neustrashimy enroute to Somalia crosses the Suez Canal waterway at the south gate, about 100 km southeast of Cairo on Tuesday. The destroyer passed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday on its way to tackle piracy in the waters of Somalia , sources at the Suez Canal Authority said.
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By DAVID BAUDER
NEW YORK , November 1, 2008 — John McCain supporters who believe they haven't gotten a fair shake from the media during the Republican's candidacy against Barack Obama have a new study to point to. Comments made by sources, voters, reporters and anchors that aired on ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts over the past two months reflected positively on Obama in 65 percent of cases, compared to 31 percent of cases with regards to McCain, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Read full text...
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Qaida Imprints On Somaliland & Puntland Blast? |
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Nairobi, October 30, 2008 – The United States yesterday (October 29), blamed Osama bin Laden's network for a wave of suicide bombings that killed at least 28 people across Somaliland and Puntland in five attacks that snatched attention from political crisis talks taking place in neighboring Kenya.
Washington says Al Qaeda operates through Somalia 's Islamist al Shabaab insurgents.
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Nairobi , October 30, 2008 – Unite Nations staff in Somalia are mourning the loss of two of their colleagues who were killed in yesterday's explosion at the UN compound in Hargeysa, which also seriously injured six others and was part of a wave of attacks in the north of the strife-torn nation.
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Ban Deplores ‘Outrageous' Attack On UN Office And Other Sites In Northern Somalia |
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29 October 2008 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vehemently condemned the multiple attacks in northern Somalia today, which included a suicide car bombing at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compound in Hargeisa that killed two UN staff and seriously injured six others, two of them critically.
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WASHINGTON , October 29, 2008 — The United States condemned Wednesday a wave of suicide bombings in Somalia which it blamed on "a small minority of violent extremists."
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AFP/Graphic – A map of Somalia locating attacks in Hargeysa and Bossaso. Britain condemned Wednesday the wave of suicide …
LONDON , October 29, 2008 – Africa minister Mark Malloch-Brown condemned Wednesday a wave of suicide car bomb attacks in breakaway regions of Somalia including on a UN compound, saying they were the work of "terrorists".
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Somalia 's Pirate Problem Grows More Rampant
For many Somalis on the coast, piracy is the only way to earn a living in a country without a functioning government and faced with soaring inflation, civil war and rising malnutrition.
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WATCHED: Pirates leave the Faina. U.S. copters often check out boats moving to and from the hijacked Ukrainian vessel, which is loaded with 33 Soviet-era tanks and other military hardware.
By Abukar Albadri and Edmund Sanders
Reporting from Haradhere , Somalia , and Nairobi , Kenya , October 31, 2008 -- Straddling a wooden crate filled with $1 million in cash ransom, a cranky old pirate bellows names from a notebook as his anxious, bleary-eyed minions lean against the stone walls of their cramped hide-out.
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Hargeysa, 29 October 2008 – Part-time student Isahaq Hashi, 22, tells the BBC News website what he witnessed in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, after three car-bombs went off in a wave of coordinated attacks.
“I was sitting at my desk in my office when I heard a high sound. I didn't know what it was but all I knew is that my office was shaking.
I had never heard such a thing. I just thought it was something in our work building.
Time didn't seem to pass.
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BRIGADIER Malcolm Page, chairman of the Henley branch of the Royal British Legion, was the guest speaker at last week's lunch meeting of the Rotary Club of Henley, held at the Red Lion hotel.
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Djibouti 's President presses UN for action over Eritrea 's attack on Djibouti
UK 's Minister for International Development in Ethiopia. Revised humanitarian requirements, October to December. Seventh Horn of Africa Conference in Lund . “Loyal Opposition” and the debate on the President's Speech
24/10/2008
The United Nations Security Council, meeting at the request of Djibouti , yesterday urged Eritrea and Djibouti to resolve their dispute peacefully, with members of the Council warning Eritrea it must comply with the Security Council's demands of last June. These included a ceasefire, engagement in diplomatic relations and withdrawal to pre-conflict positions.
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The Terrorist Attacks On Somaliland |
Somaliland is still in a state of shock from Wednesday's three coordinated suicide car bombings. Although investigation into the premeditated mass-murder is still continuing, preliminary indications show that the military wing of the Islamic Courts (al-Shabab) were behind it.
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| Press release from the Swedish People's Liberals 08-10-30
As a friend of Somali's democracy, I am deeply shocked by the terrorist attacks which hit the country. More than 20 people were killed in coordinated suicide attacks and a Swedish working for the UN in the capital Hargeysa were injured.
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Advisers to Somaliland Government Comment On Terrosit Attacks In Somaliland |
LONDON , Oct 29, 2008 - Independent Diplomat is appalled by the terrorist attacks in Somaliland today and expresses its sympathies to the families of the victims of these horrendous crimes.
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Oct 31, 2008 at 03:50 PM
The London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) was voted "Think Tank of the Year 2008" at Prospect magazine's 8th annual award ceremony held at King's College in London on 6 October 2008.
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Somaliland Stands Firm Against Terrorism |
Ahmed Kheyre
The people of Somaliland stand firm against terrorism. Somaliland is strong enough to withstand the attacks of terrorism and defeat it with support of all the democratic nations of the world.
Somaliland 's struggle for sovereignty has seen the nation through many difficult times, and strength of its people will not allow an act of terrorism to deflect the country from its path to democracy, good governance and international recognition. Read full text...
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President Bush's Speech on Terrorism Undercut by Attacks in Somalia |
This is a post by NSN Intern Amanda Hillman
President Bush spoke this morning to the graduating class of the FBI Training Academy . He commended the expanded role the FBI has played in the US 's fight against terrorism; “'More than seven years have passed without another attack on our soil. And this is not an accident," the President said. Read full text...
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Somalia 's Descent Into Chaos Predicted |
By Sarah Amandolare
October 30, 2008
Somalia was hit by five suicide bombs today, an indication of what experts have suggested could be a new era of violent civil unrest stemming from Ethiopian occupation.
The Rise of Shabab
In the past two months, Ethiopian forces have been withdrawing from Somalia, and are expected to continue doing so, regardless of whether they are replaced by UN stabilizing forces, according to Dr. Michael A. Weinstein, Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.
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October 30th, 2008
We, the Somaliland Organizations in the Diaspora, are dismayed by the terrorist attacks in Somaliland, and we would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and to the people of Somaliland in general.
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The Hague, 29 October 2008
I take this opportunity to convey my condolences and sympathies to the victims and their family members whom have been affected by today's terrorist attacks in Somaliland and Puntland. Read full text...
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| Ridiculous question? Then stop asking it about black people.
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By Wendi C. Thomas
Oct. 20, 2008 --"Would black people riot if Sen. Barack Obama didn't win the election?" That was the question a white man in Memphis recently asked a racial reconciliation group with which I am involved. Read full text...
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AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Media release, 31 October 2008
Somalia Bombings
The Australian Government strongly condemns the terrible bomb attacks on the United Nations Development Programme and other offices in Somaliland and Puntland.
Australia deplores the callous destruction and disregard for human life, especially when it is targeted at those working to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Somalia .
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Monday, October 27, 2008
John McCain isn't boasting about a new endorsement, one of the very, very few he has received from overseas. It came a few days ago:
“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group's propaganda.
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Farah Ismail Eid, a jailed pirate, spoke of government collusion. More Photos >
The New York Times
Piracy has contributed to the prosperity seen in Boosaaso. More Photos >
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
BOOSAASO, Somalia , October 30, 2008 — This may be one of the most dangerous towns in Somalia , a place where you can get kidnapped faster than you can wipe the sweat off your brow. But it is also one of the most prosperous. Read full text...
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NAIROBI , October 29, 2008 — The deadly coordinated suicide car bomb attacks against key targets in two Somali breakaway states Wednesday have the markings of Al-Qaeda, Jendayi Frazer , US assistant secretary of state for Africa, told reporters in Nairobi .
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