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• Somalia: Somali Members of Parliament urge Premier to resign
  2008-08-01 02:28:56 - (SomaliNet) Somali Members of Parliament in Somalia’s southwestern town of Baidoa, where the parliament sits, have called on Prime Minister Nur \"Adde\" Hassan Hussein to resign during a meeting on Thur
  
• Somalia: President Yusuf reinstates mayor, calls for regional elections
  2008-08-01 02:23:42 - (SomaliNet) Somalia’s interim president Abdullahi Yusuf has issued a secret government memo reinstating ex-warlord Mohamed \"Dheere\" Omar Habeb as mayor of the capital, inside sources have said. T
  
• Somalia: 2 killed speeding mini-bus in Elasha biyaha outside Mogadishu
  2008-07-31 05:20:20 - (SomaliNet) Two people were killed by a speeding mini-bus car in Elasha biyaha area 20km south of Mogadishu later on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. According to eyewitnesses, the car, which has be
  
• Somalia: Residents of Mogadishu happy with firing of mayor
  2008-07-31 02:50:43 - (SomaliNet) The sacking of the governor of Banaadir Region, who is also the mayor of Mogadishu, Muhammad Omar Habeb, aka Muhammad Dhere, has been welcomed separately in Mogadishu and in areas south of
  
• Somalia: Second armed group rejects UN-mediated peace agreement
  2008-07-31 02:37:23 - (SomaliNet) A second armed group in Somalia has rejected a UN-mediated peace agreement, and vowed on Wednesday to continue fighting. Spokesperson for the armed group Shabab, Sheikh Mukhtar Robow,
  
• Somalia: Kidnappers of UNCHR official demand ransom-relatives
  2008-07-30 08:24:20 - (SomaliNet) The relatives of the kidnapped UNHCR official Dr Hasan Muhammad Ali kaynan, say that people claiming to be holding the officials contacted them. The uncle of the abducted UNHCR chief
  
• Somalia: 10 children die of hunger, thirst in central Somalia
  2008-07-30 08:16:59 - (SomaliNet) Some 10 children have died of hunger and thirst in recent days in Somalia’s hilly areas near Beled Weyne, where people who fled the fighting in the town sought refugee. Sources say t
  
• Somalia: 3 killed as boat capsizes at coast of Lower Jubba Region
  2008-07-30 08:06:31 - (SomaliNet) Eyewitnesses said at least three people were killed and a number of others rescued after a boat capsized Monday afternoon at the coast of Lower Jubba Region. The boat capsized along
  
• Somalia: Somali Premier fires Mogadishu powerful mayor
  2008-07-30 07:41:39 - (SomaliNet) A Somalia government spokesman said on Wednesday that Somalia\'s prime minister has sacked Mogadishu\'s powerful mayor, exposing a possible rift at the top of the country\'s embattled interim
  
• Somalia: UN peacekeeping chief worried about sending U.N. troops to Somalia
  2008-07-30 07:34:09 - (SomaliNet) United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping chief Jean-Marie Guehenno said on Tuesday he was worried about a possible plan to send U.N. troops to Somalia when it is unclear who controls militants o
  

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