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• Djibouti-Eritrea border: Two Djibouti soldiers killed, 21 wounded in clash with Eritrean forces
  2008-06-11 08:12:21 - (SomaliNet) Djibouti said on Wednesday that two Djiboutian soldiers were killed and 21 wounded when troops clashed with Eritrean forces along their border overlooking strategic Red Sea shipping lanes.
  
• Djiboutian soldiers clash with Eritrean troops-Djibouti
  2008-06-11 02:59:05 - (SomaliNet) For the first time in a nearly two-month old standoff, Djiboutian soldiers clashed with Eritrean troops, Djiboutian state media reported on Tuesday. However, the Eritrean government
  
• Kenya: Two ministers among four killed in air crash
  2008-06-11 01:49:25 - (SomaliNet) A Kenya Civil Aviation Authority official said Kenyan Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones was among four people killed on Tuesday in the crash of a Cessna 50 aircraft in the west of the country,
  
• Ethiopia to increase defence budget by $50m \"for stability reasons\"
  2008-06-11 01:43:01 - (SomaliNet) According to a draft budget presented to parliament Tuesday by Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed, Ethiopia is to bolster its defence budget by $50-million \"for stability reasons\" am
  
• Sudan to ask Interpol to arrest 20 Darfur rebel leaders behind May attack
  2008-06-11 01:30:42 - (SomaliNet)The official SUNA news agency reported on Tuesday that Sudan is to ask Interpol to arrest 20 Darfur rebel leaders accused of involvement in an unprecedented attack on the capital in May.
  
• Sudan: UN food relief agency short of $ 48m, cuts its air services in Sudan
  2008-06-11 01:18:33 - (SomaliNet) Short of $48-million in funds, the UN\'s World Food Programme on Tuesday said it was cutting back its humanitarian air services in Sudan. The reductions would seriously undermine their
  
• Sudan: Plane carrying over 200 people burst into flames killing dozens
  2008-06-11 01:11:05 - (SomaliNet) Some dozen people died when a Sudanese Airbus carrying 214 people veered off the runway in a thunderstorm and burst into flames late Tuesday. Those who died were unable to escape the infer
  
• Egypt: Boarder guards kill Sudanese migrant –Egyptian health official
  2008-06-10 06:38:55 - (SomaliNet) Border guards have killed a Sudanese migrant who was allegedly trying to cross illegally into Israel, an Egyptian health official said. Imad Kharboush of El-Arish Hospital says 29-yea
  
• Ethiopia: UK to give more £10 million to Ethiopia in aid
  2008-06-10 06:29:41 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to calm on worsening humanitarian situation, the United Kingdom (UK) government is to give a further £10 million in aid to Ethiopia. The contribution, which is in additio
  
• Sudan: Gov’t denies press report accusing Libya of backing rebels
  2008-06-10 06:11:07 - (SomaliNet) Sudan denied press reports accusing the neighboring Libya of funding and training a Darfur rebel group to attack Khartoum in an attempt to topple the Sudanese government. A newspaper,
  

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