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Al Jazhera
AU troops seize strategic Somalia town
Afgoye town captured from al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab fighters, as AU and Somalia troops clear areas around Mogadishu.
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FAZ
Fitschen bezeichnet Griechenland als „gescheiterten Staat“
Normalerweise ist der Begriff „failed state“ Ländern wie Somalia vorbehalten. Der designierte Co-Vorstandsvorsitzende der Deutschen Bank, Jürgen Fitschen, sieht nun auch Griechenland in diesem Zustand.
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BBC
Key Somali militant town 'taken'
African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.
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AP
AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A military spokesman says African Union and Somali forces have pushed Islamist militants out of a town outside of Mogadishu....
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BBC
Somali militant stronghold seized
African Union (AU) forces in Somalia capture a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.
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UN
UN chief to travel to Turkey and Saudi Arabia next week
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will next week travel to Turkey and Saudi Arabia for a number of engagements in the two countries, including attending a meeting related to the Alliance of Civilizations, a conference on the future of Somalia and a meeting of the advisory board of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre.
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Times LIVE
Islamists flee as Somali, AU troops advance on key base
Al-Qaeda linked Shebab fighters in Somalia are fleeing their key stronghold of Afgoye ahead of an advancing column of government and African Union troops, military commanders said Thursday.
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Hoy
La lucha contra las milicias de Al-Shabab atrapa a 400.000 desplazados en Somalia
Las tropas de la Misión de la Unión Africana en Somalia (Amisom) y efectivos del Gobierno somalí prosiguen su avance en el corredor de Afgoye, al noroeste de la capital Mogadiscio. La ofensiva, iniciada el martes de esta semana, pretende hacerse con la población del mismo nombre, bastión de las milicias de Al-Shabab. Los combates tienen lugar en un territorio que concentra el mayor número de de...
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Telegraph
Somalia launches offensive to clear al-Qaeda from refugee camp
A major offensive has begun to clear Somalia's al-Qaeda-allied Islamist army from the world's largest camp for people displaced by war and famine.
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DerSpiegel
Somalia: Deutscher Islamist schloss sich Terrorgruppe an
Der aus Bonn stammende Islamist Andreas M. hat sich der radikalislamischen somalischen Schabab-Miliz angeschlossen. Dem "Stern" zufolge bestätigte ein ranghohes Mitglied der Gruppe seine Anwesenheit. Die Eltern des Mannes appellieren an den 40-Jährigen, sich zu melden.
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Handelsblatt
Atalanta-Mission: Somalia-Piraten in der Defensive
Die Gewässer vor Somalia gelten noch immer als die gefährlichsten weltweit. Die Atalanta-Mission zeigt aber erste Erfolge, so ihr Kommandant: Die Zahl der festgehaltenen Schiffe sei die niedrigste seit fünf Jahren.
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Pravda
Arms embargo against Somali pirates
The international community is intensifying its efforts to combat maritime piracy in Somalia. While the U.S. and the EU take additional military measures to eliminate strongholds of the pirates on the coast, private companies are creating their own guards to protect their cargo. Russia insists on taking more measures to prevent smuggling of weapons
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ElPais
Azawad: Una Somalia a las puertas de Europa
Al Qaeda y otros grupos radicales afianza su control sobre el norte de Mali y podrían ampliarlo al vecino Níger
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Daily Mail
American-born 'jihadist' releases memoir about his road from 'privileged' childhood in Alabama to al-Qaida cell in Somalia
Suspected terrorist Omar Hammami released his memoir, in which he discusses his 'all-American' childhood in Alabama and what led him to join a terrorist group in Somalia.
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Huffington Post
Omar Hammami, American Jihadi In Somalia, Reveals Details On 'Privileged' Childhood
KAMPALA, Uganda -- An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants.Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, says in his online diary released Wednesday that his "bad temperament" runs in his family and that he showed anger to his teachers when he...
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FOCUS
Somalische Fischer fordern Ende der Luftangriffe - Fischerboote durch Luftangriffe beschädigt
Weil bei einem Einsatz gegen Piraten in Somalia auch Fischerboote zerstört wurden, bitten Fischer um ein Ende der Luftangriffe. Piraten und Unschuldige seien aus der Luft nicht zu unterscheiden.Mehr zum ThemaLai Changxing entgeht Todesstrafe - Chinesischer „Schmugglerkönig“ muss lebenslang ins GefängnisChen berichtet über seine Flucht - Blinder Bürgerrechtler floh mit gebrochenem FußJagd auf Pi...
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FOCUS
Jagd auf Piraten - Somalische Fischer fordern Ende der Luftangriffe
Weil bei einem Einsatz gegen Piraten in Somalia auch Fischerboote zerstört wurden, bitten Fischer um ein Ende der Luftangriffe. Piraten und Unschuldige seien aus der Luft nicht zu unterscheiden.Mehr zum ThemaBeschluss zum Mindestlohn noch vor Bundestagswahl - Kramp-Karrenbauer will faire LöhneG-8-Gipfel in Camp David - Hilfsorganisationen erinnern an G-8-VersprechenAbenteuerliche Flucht - Blind...
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sueddeutsche
Bildstrecke: Bildung in Afrika: Das bessere Somalia
Somalia gilt als eines der gefährlichsten Länder der Welt. Im Landesinneren wütet ein Bürgerkrieg und vor den Küsten kapern Piraten Schiffe. Doch zwei abtrünnige Provinzen im Norden wollen einen anderen Weg gehen. Somaliland und Puntland setzen auf Bildung und eine bessere Zukunft.
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physorg
War-torn Somalia stages TEDx conference
Somalia's war-ravaged capital Mogadishu will host Thursday its first ever TED talks as part of efforts to showcase improvements in development, business and security, organisers said.
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The Nation
Pakistan raises issue of hostages held by Somali pirates at UN
UNITED NATIONS - Pakistan Tuesday voiced its concern over the plight of Pakistani and other hostages held by Somali pirates in the UN Security Council, and called for help in securing their release.
Speaking in a debate on the situation in Somalia, Ambassador Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, also stressed the need for countering the maritime piracy ...
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New York Times
European Forces Strike Pirate Base in Somalia
The European Union’s antipiracy force attacked a Somali pirate land base for the first time, using a combat helicopter to strafe several skiffs that the pirates use to hijack ships.
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el universal
Ser gay se castiga con pena capital en 7 países
Irán, Arabia Saudí, y Yemen, en Asia; Mauritania, Sudán, y las regiones del norte de Nigeria y el sur de Somalia, en África penalizan la homosexualidad con la pena de muerte
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
EU anti-piracy forces launch first strike in Somalia
Attack helicopters destroyed speedboats, equipment in raid on Handulle, Somalia
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Zeit
Somalia: EU-Einheiten greifen erstmals Piraten an Land an
Europäische Soldaten haben Bodenstellungen der Piraten an der Küste Somalias beschossen. Es ist der erste Luftangriff seit In-Kraft-Treten des neuen Atalanta-Mandats.
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FOCUS
Somalia - EU-Kräfte zerstören erstmals Piratenstellung
EU-Kräfte haben erstmals eine Stellung somalischer Piraten an Land angegriffen. Wie das Hauptquartier für die "Atalanta"-Mission am Dienstag mitteilte, richtete sich der Einsatz gegen Logistik der Piraten.
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The Guardian
EU forces in anti-piracy raid on Somali mainland
No casualties reported in air strikes by naval forces against pirate targets on shore in Galmudug regionThe EU's naval force off the Somali coastline on Tuesday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, officials said.Maritime aircraft and attack helicopters took part in the attacks early in the morning on the mainland, a spokesman said. No casualties were reported in t...
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el universal
Rinden homenaje a los 70 periodistas muertos en 2011
Según Newseum, México registró cuatro muertes de periodistas, siendo uno de los seis países con más víctimas, junto con Irak (7 muertes), Pakistán (7), Libia (5) y Somalia (4)
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Washington Post
U.S. trains African soldiers for Somalia mission
The heart of the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture here, a thousand miles from the front lines.
Under the gaze of American instructors, gangly Ugandan recruits are taught to carry rifles, dodge roadside bombs and avoid shooting each other by accident. In one obstacle course dubbed “Little Mogadishu,” the Ugandans learn ...
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National Post
Graphic: A woman’s place in the world, ranked from first to last
Canada ranked 17th on a list of the best and worst places to be a woman in the world. The National Post crunches the data
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Huffington Post
Dr. Kristalina Georgieva: Expanding the Focus from Relief to Resilience
Over the past year, 13.3 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia were thrown into crisis as a result of drought in the Horn of Africa, the worst in 60 years. It doesn't have to be this way.
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BBC
Analysis: A British threat from Somalia
Fears over Britons being trained for jihad in Somalia
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Zeit
Atalanta-Einsatz: Die SPD setzt auf Populismus
Es ist eine Zäsur: Die SPD stimmt im Bundestag gegen die Anti-Piraten-Mission vor Somalia. Das ist ein durchsichtiger Versuch der Profilierung, kommentiert M. Horeld.
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Zeit
Konflikte: Bundeswehr jetzt auch an Land auf Piratenjagd
Berlin (dpa) - Die Bundeswehr darf Piraten aus Somalia jetzt erstmals auch bis an Land verfolgen. Mit der Mehrheit der schwarz-gelben Koalition stimmte der Bundestag einer Ausweitung der europäischen...
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FAZ
Bundestag: „Atalanta“-Mission und Kfor-Einsatz verlängert
Die Bundeswehr darf Piraten aus Somalia jetzt auch bis an Land verfolgen. Mit der Mehrheit der schwarz-gelben Koalition stimmte der Bundestag einer Ausweitung der „Atalanta“-Mission zu. Auch der Kosovo-Einsatz wurde verlängert.
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Mail & Guardian
SA couple taken hostage in Somalia still alive
The families of a South African couple taken hostage by pirates in Somalia 19 months ago have received confirmation they are still alive.
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Telegraph
Navy 'forced to drop year-round Somalia piracy patrols'
The Royal Navy no longer has enough warships to dedicate one to fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia all year round, it was reported.
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Irish Times
Somalia mortar attack kills seven
Seven people, including four children, were killed when mortar shells hit civilian homes in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses said today.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Amanda Lindhout was held captive in Somalia - but went back to help others
Despite more than a year spent there in brutal captivity, it didnt take long for the former journalist to return to the country, this time to create a charity helping rape victims
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National Post
Danger here trumps danger there, court rules as violent refugee deported to Somalia
Despite his refugee status — and a plea from the UN to let him stay — Sharmarke Mohamed's drug and alcohol-fuelled crimes pose such a danger to Canada he must be sent back, Justice Sean Harrington has ruled
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New York Times
World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Suicide Bomber Kills 4, Including Legislators
At least four people were killed, including members of the transitional parliament, and at least a dozen were wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday in the central Somali town of Dhusamareb.
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NEWS.au.com
Bombs rock Somalia, eight dead
BOMB attacks in Somalia claimed by Islamist rebels have killed at least eight people including two politicians as the international community warned that "spoilers" threaten the fragile progress in the war-torn nation.
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NZZ
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WSJ
Somalia Suicide Blast Kills Lawmaker
A Somali official said at least one parliamentarian was killed in an attack on a cafe where government officials were meeting in the town of Dhusomareb.
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Mail & Guardian
SA security trainer killed in Somalia
A South African security trainer was killed by his bodyguard in Somalia's semiautonomous region of Puntland, officials said.
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FOX
US: Al Qaeda's Core Essentially Gone
A year after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Usama bin Laden, the core of Al Qaeda is essentially gone, US counterterrorist officials say, but affiliate groups in places like Somalia and Yemen still pose threats.Panetta Recalls Nail-Biting Moments of RaidPakistan Spy Agency Claims Credit for Tracking Down bin LadenGOP Fires Back at Obama Campaign for bin Laden AdVIDEO: Wo...
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White House
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Horn of Africa Humanitarian Crisis
In 2011, the worst drought in 60 years struck the Horn of Africa. The United Nations declared famine in six regions of Somalia, threatening the lives of over 250,000 Somalis, and requiring urgent humanitarian assistance for more than 13.3 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and other parts of Somalia. The international community responded and famine conditions abated in January 2012. Neverth...
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Foreign Policy
Saving Somalia - By Laura Heaton
Turkey may just be able to fix this
war-torn east African nation -- if it doesn't
fall into the same traps of would-be saviors who came before it.
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Daily Mail
Illegal immigrant raped young woman three years after judge ordered him to be deported
Abdikarim Abbas Abdisamad, 33, (pictured) originally from Somalia, befriended a 24-year-old woman in a Coventry nightclub claiming he had just lost his job and was penniless.
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APA-OTS
Somalia: SOS-Kinderdörfer trauern um Arzt in Mogadischu
Innsbruck/Wien/Mogadischu (OTS) - Die SOS-Kinderdörfer in Somalia
und weit darüber hinaus trauern um Dr. Abdullahi Hussein (50), der in
Mogadischu an einem Schlaganfall gestorben ist. "Ich bin erschüttert
über Dr. Abdullahis Tod", sagte SOS-Kinderdorf-Präsident Helmut
Kutin. "Er arbeitete …
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FOCUS
Allgemein – International - Nach Anschlag: IOC kündigt Hilfe für Somalia an
Das Internationale Olympische Komitte (IOC) unterstützt Somalia beim Aufbau einer neuen Sportführung. Höchste Sport-Funktionäre des Landes waren bei einem Anschlag getötet worden.
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DieZeit
Kabinett: Kabinett beschließt neues Mandat gegen Piraten vor Somalia
Berlin (dpa) - Das Bundeskabinett hat eine Ausweitung des Bundeswehr-Mandats für die Piraten-Bekämpfung vor den Küsten Somalias beschlossen. Künftig sollen im Rahmen der europäischen «Atalanta»-Missi...
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Bild
Private Söldner machen Jagd auf Piraten
Die Kampfszenen könnten aus einem Piratenfilm stammen. Doch was in dem Privatvideo zu sehen ist, soll sich auf einem Frachter vor Somalia zugetragen haben.Foto: eBaums WorldMehr zum ThemaStuttgart - Keks e.V. hat neues ZentrumSüdafrika - Hai-Alarm wegen Wal-KadaverZbik verbeult - Dieser Boxer hat den Sturm überlebtProst, Ladies! - England im PferderauschOben hui, unten pfui - Wie wär's mit ein...
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science blogs
Earthquake Event, Tsunami Warning in Indonesia [Greg Laden's Blog]
An earthquake triggered a tsunami warning in Indonesia, which is said to have covered "Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore," but the wave that rolled ashore was insignificant. However, a subsequent, strong aftershock then triggered another ...
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Mashable
Tsunami Warning Issued After Major Earthquake Hits Indonesia: Follow on Social Media
An earthquake of magnitude 8.7 has been detected off the west coast of northern Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey says.
The epicenter of the…
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ARD
Tote bei Bombenanschlag in Somalia
In Somalia sind bei einem Bombenanschlag mehrere Menschen getötet worden. Der Sprengsatz detonierte auf einem Marktplatz in Baidoa. Die Stadt war lange Zeit unter der Kontrolle der radikal-islamischen Al-Schabaab-Miliz. Erst vor kurzem war die Friedenstruppe der Afrikanischen Union dort eingerückt.
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USA Today
On the Verge with hip-hop artist K'Naan of Somalia
The Somalian singer describes his music as "folk, reggae and rap that all falls into one poetic pot."
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AP
Somali athletes training despite bombing deaths
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia's Olympic athletes are training for the London Games, a day after the national Olympic committee president and another top sports official were killed in a bomb blast....
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Foreign Policy
Yemen's unresolved economic crisis
In late 2011, the British government sent one of its
top humanitarian advisors to Yemen after a year of protests, bloody crackdowns,
and inter-elite fighting. Drawing on his experience from a career spanning
three decades, the advisor reported back that Yemen faced the most complex set
of circumstances he had ever seen.
Some of the key issues at the time, such as fighting
between elite mil...
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Telegraph
Father in court accused of raising money to help fund terrorism in Somalia
A young father appeared in court today accused of raising money to help fund terror in Somalia.
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USA Today
2 Somalia sports officials among 10 killed in blast
A suicide blast during a ceremony at Somalia's newly reopened national theater killed at least 10 people.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Bombing rips veneer of calm in Somalia
Radical Islamist insurgent group says it planted explosives that killed four people at theatre
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Times of India
Somalia bombing: 2 sport officials killed
An explosion on Wednesday at a ceremony at Somalia's national theater killed at least 10 people including two top sports officials in an attack by an Islamist group on a site that symbolized the city's attempt to rise from two decades of war.
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Times of India
Blast rocks Somalia theatre, several killed
A suicide blast during a ceremony at Somalia's newly reopened national theatre on Wednesday killed at least 10 people.
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The Sun
Brit arrested in Somalia on feared al-Qaeda link
JAMAICAN-BORN Clive Dennis held in Mogadishu after arriving with no visa
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CNN
Official: British man arrested in Somalia
A 45-year-old British man has been arrested in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for suspected ties to al Qaeda, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Tuesday.
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Daily Mail
Paying Judith Tebbutt's pirate ransom will lead to more kidnaps says David Davis
Mrs Tebbutt, 56, (pictured) was kidnapped six months ago from a holiday resort in Kenya. Her husband was shot dead by the pirates, who had arrived by sea from neighbouring Somalia.
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taz
Kommentar Pirateneinsatz: Am Ende dann Bodentruppen
Der erweiterte Auftrag der EU-Mission gegen Piraten ist voller Widersprüche und sollte vom Bundestag abgelehnt werden. Sonst droht irgendwann ein Landkrieg in Somalia. mehr...
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BBC
Freed UK hostage set to fly home
A woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain.
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Irish Times
Claim of ransom payment as British hostage released
British hostage Judith Tebbutt was freed yesterday after being held by for more than six months in Somalia.
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USA Today
Kidnapped British woman said to be freed in Somalia
A British tourist snatched by Somali gunmen from a resort island in Kenya was freed on Wednesday after more than six months in captivity.
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Hoy
España dirigirá ataques 'quirúrgicos' contra las bases piratas en Somalia
La reunión que celebrarán mañana en Bruselas los ministros de Exteriores y Defensa de la Unión Europea ultimará los detalles de la nueva estrategia de la 'operación Atalanta' contra la piratería en aguas del Índico. La misión aeronaval que comandan Francia y España desde 2008 entrará en otra dimensión después de que el Gobierno Federal de Transición de Somalia haya aceptado que los aliados ampl...
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New York Times
Latitude: In Somaliland, Mixed Feelings About Foreign Assistance
Somaliland, the northern part of Somalia, has accomplished semi-autonomy without foreign assistance. Now it's caught between disdaining the help and needing it.
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Krone
Anschlag auf Präsidentenpalast in Somalia - 6 Tote
Bei einem Angriff mit Mörserraketen auf den Präsidentenpalast in der somalischen Hauptstadt Mogadischu sind mindestens sechs Menschen getötet worden. Die Raketen hätten ihr Ziel verfehlt und seien in einem nahe gelegenen Camp für Binnenvertriebene explodiert, berichtete der somalische Rundfunksender Shabelle Media Network.
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Reuters
U.S. fighter in Somalia says threatened by fellow militants
NAIROBI (Reuters) - An influential American fighter for Somalia's al Shabaab rebels, who has in the past urged Western-based Muslims to join the group, has dismayed radical Islamists by saying his life is under threat from fellow guerrillas due to internal disputes.
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FT
Jets bomb al Shabaab base in Somalia
Kenya sent troops into anarchic Somalia in October after raids and kidnappings, but the advance has slowed and regional insecurity is no better
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Mail & Guardian
SA offers helping hand to Somalia
South Africa has moved to re-establish diplomatic relations with Somalia as well as give money to provide socio-economic support and training.
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The Jerusalem Post
Terror in Africa
Jihadists take deadly aim at Christians from Nigeria to Somalia.
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BBC
VIDEO: Taking on pirates in the Gulf of Aden
Over the past 20 years, poverty, poor governance and a flood of weapons into Somalia have combined to make piracy a growing problem for ships sailing the Gulf of Aden.
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science blogs
Kommentar von Marko Kovic bei "Kony 2012 und das Problem von Werbebotschaften" (zoon politikon) am 08.03.2012
Interessanter Artikel! Dieser Kony-Aktivismus ist wirklich ganz faszinierend.
Ich gebe dir ganz Recht: Die Komplexität der Problematik wird sehr reduziert, und das ist im Zusammenhang mit US-amerikanischem Hurra-Patriotismus nicht immer gut (die meisten AmerikanerInnen, egal ob Demokraten oder Republikaner, finden es z.B. ganz toll, dass Navy Seal am Horn von Afrika Piraten umnieten, ohne sich...
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China Daily
China urges Somalia to end transition on time
China on Monday urged relevant parties in Somalia to enhance unity and reconciliation in order to end the transitional period on time.
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Hoy
Los cooperantes secuestrados en Tinduf y Somalia «están bien»
El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, José Manuel García-Margallo, ha asegurado hoy que los cuatro cooperantes españoles secuestrados en Tinduf y Somalia "se encuentran bien" y ha señalado que no han dejado un sólo día de hacer gestiones para liberarlos.
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APA-OTS
ORF-Premiere für "Wüstenblume" - Internationale Verfilmung des autobiografischen Bestsellers von Waris Dirie
Utl.: Im Rahmen von "kreuz und quer" am 6. März um 22.30 Uhr in ORF 2
Wien (OTS) - Geboren in der Wüste Afrikas, wächst Waris Dirie im
ständigen Kampf ums tägliche Überleben als Nomadin in Somalia auf.
Als sie im Alter von 13 Jahren zwangsverheiratet werden soll, flieht
sie, um dem Willen ...
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IKRK
Somalia: food crisis subsides, but humanitarian needs remain acute
Thanks to the combined impact of humanitarian aid and an ample crop harvest, the severe food crisis that prevailed over the past year is slowly subsiding. Nevertheless, humanitarian needs remain acute. The ICRC assisted almost 2.5 million people in Somalia in 2011.
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Human Rights Watch
Somalia: Investigate Attacks on Journalists
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The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia should promptly investigate the killing of the Somali journalist Abukar Hassan Mohamoud by unknown gunmen.
(Nairobi, March 1, 2012) – The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia should promptly investigate the killing of the Somali journalist Abukar ...
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The Nation
Foreign powers look to their own interests in Somalia
ALAN PHILPS
The latest effort to bring stability to Somalia after 20 years as a failed state has begun with some promising words. In advance of the international conference held in London, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that Somalia deserves a “second chance”. Somalia’s transitional Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said the country was “moving from ...
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The Nation
Foreign powers look to their own interests in Somalia
ALAN PHILPS
The latest effort to bring stability to Somalia after 20 years as a failed state has begun with some promising words. In advance of the international conference held in London, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that Somalia deserves a “second chance”. Somalia’s transitional Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said the country was “moving from ...
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The Nation
Foreign powers look to their own interests in Somalia
ALAN PHILPS
The latest effort to bring stability to Somalia after 20 years as a failed state has begun with some promising words. In advance of the international conference held in London, the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, said that Somalia deserves a “second chance”. Somalia’s transitional Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, said the country was “moving from ...
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AP
Ex-Somali PM won't contest war crime claims in US
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The former prime minister of Somalia on Thursday ended an eight-year legal battle by accepting legal liability for alleged war crimes and killings that occurred under the regime of dictator Siad Barre. But he denied wrongdoing and said he never approved any slayings....
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Reuters
Life grim in Somali camps that Kenya wants to shut
DADAAB, Kenya (Reuters) - Nadifo Farah is traumatized by the death of her baby as she fled Somalia, but she has no time to grieve as she battles to keep her five other children alive in the world's biggest refugee complex.
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The Sun
Seeing those kids suffer touched me... I'm proud to represent a country that doesn't turn its back on them
JUST days after securing his historic gold medal, Mo Farah took a trip to Somalia which changed his life forever
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Number10
Somalia diaspora meeting
PM: "The Somalia Conference is an opportunity to show that we fully support the efforts of the Somali people themselves to build a stronger, safer, more prosperous country."
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Foreign Policy
Analogical reasoning strikes again
I know that Daniel Klaidman's Newsweek cover story on the Navy SEALs is supposed to make me feel all warm and safe because of the uber-competence of SEAL Team Six and President Obama's comfort with using them adroitly:
This is a Special Ops moment. The Navy SEALs, in particular, have never appeared so heroic and effective. They killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last year, and ...
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WSJ
El costo de la piratería en Somalia sumó casi US$7.000 millones en 2011
La piratería en Somalia costó al sector del transporte marítimo y los gobiernos casi US$7.000 millones en 2011, con el secuestro de 28 barcos de un total de 237 navíos atacados, según un informe elaborado con información de gobiernos, la industria y la sociedad civil.
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Reuters
U.N. declares Somali famine over for now
NAIROBI, Feb 3 (AlertNet) - An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but food stocks could run out again in May, the United Nations said on Friday.
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New York Times
World Briefing | Africa: Britain Names Ambassador to Somalia
The appointment of an ambassador to Somalia for the first time in two decades signaled London’s intention to help make a push to address the country’s long-running conflict.
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Reuters
Freed Somalia hostage Buchanan arriving in Pennsylvania
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jessica Buchanan, rescued by U.S. special forces in Somalia after three months in captivity, is due to arrive home in Pennsylvania on Monday, her father told ABC World News.
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Amnesty International
Somalia: Journalist killing highlights need for international action on impunity
Headline Title:
International action needed after killing of Somali journalist
30 January 2012
Amnesty International has urged the international community to call on the Somali authorities to bring to justice those responsible for attacks on journalists after the latest killi...
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Reuters
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times
Somali pirates kidnap Manhattan Beach surfing, travel journalist [Updated]
Pirates in Somalia have kidnapped Michael Scott Moore, a well-known travel and surfing journalist from Manhattan Beach.
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Zeit
Hunger im Sahel: Die Lehren aus Somalia
Weil frühe Hilferufe ungehört blieben, verhungerten am Horn von Afrika Zehntausende. Jetzt warnen die UN vor einer Hungerkrise im Sahel. Die Zeit drängt. Von A. Endres
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politico
Obama 'cannot imagine' what hostage's father endured
The Navy SEAL operation to rescue an American held hostage in Somalia was taking place as President Obama delivered his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, he said in an interview Thursday.
“On this one, they were moving so fast that I actually had to give the order and the directions and then they were out,” he told NBC News's Diane Sawyer. “It was not a situation where I could actuall...
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FTD
Davos 2012: Warum Somalia besetzt werden sollte
Erdbeben, Tsunami, atomarer GAU, und alles gleichzeitig. Zudem noch Piraten vor Somalia. Wo die größten Gefahren für die globalen Lieferketten liegen, ist eines der Themen in Davos - und wie sie beseitigt werden können.
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New York Times
U.S. Commandos Free 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates
American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Hostage rescue illustrates Obamas new take on military might
U.S. President again opts for special-operations forces in freeing American, Danish prisoners in Somalia
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Wired
Black Hawk Up: Spec Ops Rescue Hostages in Somalia
Call it Black Hawk Up. On Tuesday night, U.S. special operations forces secretly entered Somalia and freed two humanitarian aid workers. Not a single member of the U.S. raiding team was harmed; neither were the hostages. All nine Somali captors were killed.
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AP
Explosion in Somali refugee camp after media visit
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A refugee camp leader in Somalia's capital says an improvised explosive device went off in her camp shortly after foreign journalists accompanied by U.N. officials visited there. The blast killed two Somalis....
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Foreign Policy
Oxfam report blames U.N. for slow response to Somalia famine
The United
Nations, African governments, foreign aid donors, and relief agencies responded
too slowly to the early warning signs that preceded the century's worst famine
in East Africa last year, leading to the unnecessary deaths of thousands of
civilians, according to a review by the aid agencies Oxfam International and
Save the Children.
In a joint
briefing paper, entitled A Dangerous D...
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ElPais
Los piratas ya no son del Caribe
Es un fenómeno antiguo que ha resurgido con fuerza en la última década. Un reciente informe señala los beneficios indudables para ciertas tierras somalíes de una práctica atroz cuya respuesta no logra uniformar, aparte de las misiones navales, la comunidad internacional. Unos países juzgan a los piratas, otros los entregan a naciones vecinas, ya que Somalia es un Estado fallido, comprometidas a...
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. Navy rescues Iran fishermen held by Somalia pirates |
Mail & Guardian
High times, it's never been safer to fly
Boarding an airplane has never been safer in the US but there are still some countries where flying is risky, including Russia, the DRC and Somalia.
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Mail & Guardian
Sweden seeks help from EU, US over jailed reporters
Sweden has sought the help of the US and European Union to secure the release of two of its journalists jailed in Somalia for supporting terrorism.
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AP
In Somalia, fears over US wire transfer block
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali officials said Friday they are pleading with U.S. authorities to persuade banks to reconsider a decision to block money transfers from Minnesota's Somali community to relatives in this Horn of Africa nation, where anarchy has given safe haven to an al-Qaida linked terror group....
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The Nation
Air raid kills 10 in South Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fighter jets pounded rebel-held southern Somalia killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, the majority reportedly civilians, witnesses and Islamist militia commanders said Wednesday. Military jets targeted several locations in Hosingow in the Lower Juba region, close to the Kenyan border late Tuesday, local elders said. There were at least three military planes...
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The Nation
Blast in Kenya refugee camp kills policeman
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - A suspected remote-controlled bomb in Kenyas Dadaab refugee complex near the border with Somalia killed one police officer and seriously wounded two others Monday, police and a private security company employee said.
Several witnesses initially said three policemen had been killed in the blast, the latest…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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New York Times
Somalia’s Rebels Embrace Twitter as a Weapon
While the Shabab militants are waging a traditional guerrilla war in Somalia, they are also using social media in a propaganda war with Kenya.
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Slashdot
UK Police Test 'Temporarily Blinding' LASER
esocid writes "Called the SMU 100 it costs £25,000 and sends out a three-meter 'wall of light' that leaves anyone caught in it briefly unable to see. Designed by a former Royal Marine Commando, it was originally developed for use against pirates in Somalia. While tasers and CS gas work well over short distances the laser is said to be effective at up to 500 meters (1,640ft). Being targeted by t...
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BoingBoing
UK tests "non-blinding" police lasers
The makers of a "non-blinding" laser claims an unnamed UK police force is set to trial the weapon as a means of "controlling riots." According to the manufacturer -- who developed the weapon for use against pirates in Somalia -- the laser can "temporarily" blind its victims at 500m. It is meant to provide "an [...]
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Times LIVE
The Somalia death toll mounts but Africa sleeps on
The Times Editorial: Within three months of the UN's declaration of famine in Somalia, the world's attention is slowly shifting away.
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New York Times
Halt Is Sought to Manchester, N.H., Refugee Resettlement
Manchester, N.H., has taken in more than 2,000 refugees from countries like Somalia and Sudan, but officials there say they now need a break.
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China Daily
A thousand fatwas for Somalia
The latest outrage by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab should spur the Islamic world to action. What the Muslims should provide, aside from more aid, is intense pressure on al-Shabaab, in the form of fatwas from every corner of the faith.
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Goal.com
International Friendly Preview: Egypt - Brazil
The Selecao's foreign-based players travel to Doha to take on the reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions in a friendly to raise money for famine-struck Somalia.
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