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• Kenya: Police killed 10 suspects in shootout in capital
  2007-07-06 11:37:51 - (SomaliNet) As part of a widening crackdown on a politically-linked criminal gang blamed for a string of murders and beheadings, Kenyan police killed 10 suspects in shootouts in the capital police sai
  
• Kenya: Five bodies found along Athi River
  2007-07-06 11:35:35 - (SomaliNet) In yet other worrying incidents of killings, bodies of five men with bullet wounds were found at a remote plain in Athi River on Thursday. According to news sources, the bodies were
  
• Kenya: All 60 passengers killed as landslide buries Mexican bus
  2007-07-06 11:32:15 - (SomaliNet) A bus carrying passengers along a remote Mexican road on Thursday collapse on the side of a sodden mountain killing all the 60 passengers on board. According to reports, hours later,
  
• Kenya: Strong currency worries business-Companies
  2007-07-06 11:29:21 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan companies say the strong shilling is hurting both exporters and businesses competing with cheap imports in the local market, with some saying the current exchange rate amounts to a
  
• Eritrea: Drafts new round of military recruits
  2007-07-06 11:27:55 - (SomaliNet) Boosting what is already estimated to be the largest army in sub-Saharan Africa, Eritrea\'s annual batch of conscripts has begun their compulsory military training, officials said on Thursd
  
• Sudan: Refugee shot as dozens illegally flee to Israel
  2007-07-05 07:28:14 - (SomaliNet) A security source has said a refugee from Sudan\'s war-torn Darfur region was shot and wounded by Egyptian police on Wednesday as he and dozens of others tried to make an illegal desert cr
  
• Kenya: Man claiming setting house on fire killing 4 surrenders
  2007-07-05 07:20:25 - (SomaliNet) A man who claims he set a house on fire in which four sisters were burnt to death in Kilifi has surrendered to the police. Police sources yesterday confirmed the man’s surrender.
  
• Kenya: Plane crashes killing three
  2007-07-05 07:14:44 - (SomaliNet) A small plane flying to Kenya\'s Masai Mara game reserve crashed on Tuesday and three people were killed, a tour operator said. The dead were two passengers on a safari holiday, both G
  
• East Africa: Rwanda, Burundi to adopt two languages for EAC
  2007-07-05 07:04:53 - (SomaliNet) Rwanda and Burundi will have to promote the use of Kiswahili and English by their citizens as a condition for joining the East African Community (EAC). This is one of the conditions
  
• Uganda: Army kills eight Kenyan warriors
  2007-07-05 04:19:03 - (SomaliNet) A Ugandan military spokesperson said on Wednesday that the Ugandan army killed eight Kenyan tribal warriors who allegedly crossed the border last week and staged an ambush. Ugandan mi
  

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