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• Somalia: 9 civilians killed by Ethiopian soldiers in central Somalia
  2008-07-25 01:58:08 - (SomaliNet) Witnesses said Ethiopian forces on Thursday killed nine civilians in central Somalia after coming under attack from insurgents. They added that the Ethiopian troops, who had been att
  
• Somalia: New Somali opposition head vows to protect aid workers
  2008-07-24 04:38:04 - (SomaliNet) Islamist cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, Somalia\'s new opposition head, has vowed to protect aid workers in the Horn of Africa nation where insecurity has prevented many groups from work
  
• Somalia: UNDP supports first Women\'s Lawyers Association in Somaliland
  2008-07-24 04:28:26 - (SomaliNet) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has supported the establishment of the Women\'s Lawyers Association in Somaliland (SWLA) which opened early in 2008. The Association is not o
  
• Somalia: Insurgents resist Ethiopian army\'s push into key town- Radio Garowe
  2008-07-24 04:25:37 - (SomaliNet) As the Ethiopian army attempted to retake control of a key town, Islamist insurgents attacked Ethiopian troops in central Somalia on Thursday, Radio Garowe reported. According to resi
  
• Somalia: 7 civilians killed in central Somalia’s heavy shelling-witnesses
  2008-07-24 04:24:02 - (SomaliNet) Witnesses and local residents in Somlai said some seven civilians including have been killed and almost 12 others were wounded Sunday after artillery shells and bullets hit residential are
  
• Somalia: District official dies in Jowhar hospital after being shot by gunmen
  2008-07-24 04:19:21 - (SomaliNet) After being wounded by unidentified gunmen late Wednesday afternoon while in his car, and taken to Jowhar district hospital, reports coming from southern Somalia, confirm that the Aden Yab
  
• Somalia: Hijacked ship off Somali waters had 20 Filipinos-official
  2008-07-23 03:31:25 - (SomaliNet) An official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that twenty Filipino seamen were among those on board a Panamanian registered bulk carrier that was hijacked by pirates o
  
• Somalia: Somalia\'s hardline Islamist takes over Somalia\'s opposition
  2008-07-23 03:28:34 - (SomaliNet) Somalia\'s hardline Islamist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has taken charge of the exiled opposition in Eritrea from its moderate chairman who attended U.N.-brokered peace talks last month, he
  
• Somalia: \'Hidden famine\' threatens over 10 million Somalis
  2008-07-23 03:25:30 - (SomaliNet) Experts say the entire Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, Djibouti and parts of Kenya, is gripped by a food crisis. A deepening drought and rocketing food prices have put about 14 million
  
• Somalia: Puntland police receives 10 vehicles from businessmen
  2008-07-23 03:21:44 - (SomaliNet) As part of an effort to strengthen security in Puntland\'s regions which was deteriorating lately, businessmen in Puntland regional administration have donated equipment and vehicles to Pun
  

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