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• Somalia: Global media rights body calls for release of journalists in Somalia
  2008-08-26 01:42:11 - (SomaliNet) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a global media rights body on Monday called for the release of three abducted journalists in Somalia, the media freedom watchdog revealed
  
• Somalia: Somali MPs seek to suck Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein
  2008-08-26 01:38:25 - (SomaliNet) Accusing Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein of embezzling funds, Somali lawmakers on Monday presented a motion seeking to remove him from his post, Somalia’s deputy parliament speake
  
• Somalia: Over 3.2 million Somalis need humanitarian aid-report
  2008-08-26 01:25:37 - (SomaliNet) A new authoritative study has said the number of people needing humanitarian aid in Somalia has leapt 77 percent this year to more than 3.2 million. The report by Food Security Analys
  
• Somalia: Somalia\'s Islamist insurgents deny kidnapping foreign journalists
  2008-08-26 01:21:46 - (SomaliNet) Saying they suspected the abducted foreign reporters were being held for ransom by gunmen, Somalia\'s Islamist insurgents denied on Monday that they kidnapped the two Western journalists ne
  
• Somalia: Panic as no claims made on two abducted foreign journalists in Somalia
  2008-08-26 01:02:09 - (SomaliNet) As no claim has been made and kidnappers have not been yet identified, the abduction of two foreign journalists raises concern and worry about their safety. The two Western journalist
  
• Somalia: Over 3 million Somalis will be totally dependent of food aid over next 12 months
  2008-08-25 01:50:13 - (SomaliNet) More than 3 million Somalis, about half of Somalia’s population, will be totally dependent of food aid and emergency assistance over the next 12 months, UN agencies have warned. Up to
  
• Somalia: Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency- maritime official
  2008-08-25 01:45:34 - (SomaliNet) A maritime official said on Sunday that an explosion of piracy this month off the coast of Somalia is funding a growing insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel hefty ransom payments to
  
• Somalia: Southern airport littered with corpse after rebel clashes claimed 70 lives
  2008-08-25 01:36:34 - (SomaliNet) A day after Somalia’s southern port was seized by rebels in fighting that killed at least 70 people,bodies littered the streets of this strategic port on Saturday. According to exper
  
• Somalia: Japanese vessel survives hijacking attempt off Somalia
  2008-08-25 01:30:40 - (SomaliNet) The International Maritime Bureau said on Saturday that pirates opened fire at a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, but the vessel managed to survive the hijacking attempt.
  
• Somalia: Over 50 die in Somalia fighting over recent months-right activists
  2008-08-25 01:27:55 - (SomaliNet) Rights activists and Somali residents have said the death toll from the worst fighting in southern Somalia for months rose to 55 on Friday with scores wounded. According to sources, l
  

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