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• Panama-flagged Oil tanker escapes Somali pirate attack
  2008-09-16 03:48:10 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan maritime body said on Sunday that a large Panama-flagged oil tanker operated by a Japanese company had narrowly escaped an attack by Somali pirates. \"A Panama-flagged oil tan
  
• Press Release: UN, NGOs condemn attacks on Somali students, teachers and schools
  2008-09-12 03:52:36 - (SomaliNet) UN and humanitarian aid agencies working together to support education in crisis-affected areas of Somalia have condemned recent attacks on students, teachers and schools in Mogadishu.
  
• Somalia: Somali pirates release German, Japanese ships
  2008-09-12 03:23:01 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan maritime organisation said Thursday that Somali pirates have released a German-operated ship and a Japanese tanker seized last month. Andrew Mwangura of the Kenyan branch of
  
• Somalia: 8 killed in capital Mogadishu clashes
  2008-09-11 02:06:03 - (SomaliNet) In fighting that erupted after Ethiopia-backed government troops raided a suspected rebel hideout at least eight people were killed in the Somali capital on Wednesday, residents said.
  
• Somalia: Kenyan president calls for help to save Somalia
  2008-09-11 02:02:21 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan President Kibaki on Wednesday appealed to the international community to send peacekeepers to Somalia to save the country from plunging into anarchy. The Kenyan leader expresse
  
• Somalia: Gunman shoots dead Somali MP in Baidoa
  2008-09-11 01:42:51 - (SomaliNet) A gunman has shot and killed a Member of Parliament (MP) in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, witnesses said. Legislator Mohammed Osman Maye was killed late Tuesday as he was le
  
• Somalia: South Korean cargo ship kidnapped off Somalia: report
  2008-09-10 06:31:53 - (SomaliNet) South Korean cargo ship with Korean and foreign sailors aboard has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, Yonhap news agency says. The agency, quoting diplomatic sources,
  
• Somalia: Over 1700 crossing Gulf of Aden risk lives– UN
  2008-09-10 06:00:14 - (SomaliNet) The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday that fighting in Somalia and new smuggling routes to Yemen led more than 1 700 people to risk their lives by crossing the Gulf of Aden in
  
• Somalia: Islamist leader calls for action to curb piracy off Somalia\'s coast
  2008-09-10 05:44:23 - (SomaliNet) A Somali Islamist leader urged international action on Tuesday to curb piracy off the African country\'s coast in a key global commerce shipping lane. Somali leader, Sheikh Sharif Shei
  
• Somalia: Islamic militants impose curfew in Kismayo
  2008-09-10 05:12:38 - (SomaliNet) Islamic militants who seized control of Kismayo, Somalia\'s third largest city last month have imposed a curfew there, an official said on Tuesday. The 9pm to 6am curfew is designed to
  

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