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• Somalia: Aid agencies welcome in central Somalia- Islamist group
  2008-10-07 03:42:53 - (SomaliNet) International aid agencies can operate in central Somalia where they control, a major Somali Islamist group reiterated on Monday. A senior Islamist official, Sheik Dahir Addow said t
  
• Somalia: Over 50 aid agencies criticize humanitarian crisis in Somalia
  2008-10-07 03:34:02 - (SomaliNet) Calling on warring parties to cease-fire to allow unhindered relief supplies to the affected populations, over 50 aid agencies working in Somalia on Monday criticized the rapidly deterior
  
• We\'ll fight to death before surrendering to U.S., Russia- Somali pirates
  2008-10-07 03:31:05 - (SomaliNet) A group of Somali pirates who have hijacked a tanker loaded with military supplies say they will fight to the death before giving in to Russian and U.S. authorities. U.S. and Russia h
  
• Somalia: ‘Bomb’ injures Italian UN official in Somalia
  2008-10-07 03:28:39 - (SomaliNet) An Italian, working for the United Nations in Somalia, was wounded in Merka, probably in an explosion. The UN staff’s driver was killed, reported a security official. The Crisis Unit
  
• Kenyan MPs urge probe of weapons seized by pirates off coast of Somalia
  2008-10-07 03:26:29 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan parliament members are calling for an investigation into the ownership and destination of a shipment of Russian-made tanks and other weapons aboard a Ukrainian ship seized by pirate
  
• Somalia: Crew on hijacked ship off Somalia in good health- US Navy
  2008-10-07 03:23:16 - (SomaliNet) A U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday that the crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health. American officials are in regula
  
• Somalia needs strong army – says Ugandan president Museveni
  2008-10-07 03:20:54 - (SomaliNet) The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged the international community to assist the interim-government of Somalia to build a strong army. While receiving credentials from seve
  
• Somalia: 17 killed amidst mortar attack at market in Mogadishu
  2008-10-07 03:12:56 - (SomaliNet) As humanitarian agencies appealed to the international community to help the Somalia’s desperate population, mortar shells slammed into a busy market in Somalia\'s capital Monday, killing a
  
• Somalia: 17 killed as mortar rounds hit Somalia market
  2008-10-07 02:59:26 - (SomaliNet) After a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace, mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia\'s capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people. On Monday, a remote-control
  
• Somalia: Dutch cabinet sending second naval ship to coast of Somalia
  2008-10-07 02:58:07 - (SomaliNet) According to official reports, the Dutch cabinet is sending a second naval ship to the coast of Somalia. According to a plan, the frigate De Ruyter\'s mission is to protect UN food tr
  

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