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• Somalia-Yemen: 40,000 people attempt to cross Gulf of in 2008
  2008-11-05 00:43:04 - (SomaliNet) Many Somalis and Ethiopians have tried to cross the Gulf of Aden this year compared to last, The UN refugee agency says adding that hundreds however, have died in the attempt, often at the
  
• SOMALIA: UNICEF DEPLORES STONING OF CHILD RAPE VICTIM
  2008-11-04 13:08:34 - UNICEF DEPLORES STONING OF CHILD RAPE VICTIM Nairobi, Kenya, 4 November 2008 The UN Children\'s Agency, UNICEF has described last week\'s stoning of a 13 year old Somali girl as \'deplorable.\' The girl
  
• Somalia: 5 killed in bomb attack aiming gov’t official in southern Somalia
  2008-11-03 01:03:38 - (SomaliNet) Five people have been killed in a bomb attack aimed at a government official in southern Somalia. A source said three bodyguards and two bystanders died in the attack. The actual tar
  
• Somalia: Egypt urges countries to fight piracy off Somalia
  2008-11-03 00:35:50 - (SomaliNet) The foreign ministry said on Saturday that Egypt has called an urgent meeting of Arab countries bordering the Red Sea to combat rampant piracy off Somalia. Egypt and Yemen will coordi
  
• Somalia: Pirates shoot at Danish tanker off Somalia
  2008-11-03 00:33:00 - (SomaliNet) Pirates fired shots at a Danish tanker in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia\'s coast during a failed attempt to commandeer the ship, Denmark\'s navy says. According to the navy, no crew memb
  
• Somalia: Top Islamist leader returns to Somalia town to defend peace
  2008-11-03 00:28:59 - (SomaliNet) Two years after Ethiopia ousted him, Somalia\'s top Islamist leader returned Saturday to his Jowhar stronghold, aiming to push for the implementation of a deal to restore peace. Accord
  
• Somalia: 3 killed, several wounded in grenade attacks in Somalia
  2008-11-03 00:25:27 - (SomaliNet) According to witnesses, grenades killed three civilians and wounded several others on Friday in southern Somalia town. Assailants hurled a grenade at a crowded market, killing two civ
  
• Somalia: Letter to members of the Somali Jaaliyadda
  2008-10-31 03:19:01 - (SomaliNet) Salaam Aleikum Dear friends I am writing once again to update you on the recent events both inside and outside Somalia and present some ideas on the way forward. We have entered
  
• Somalia: Authorities arrest Islamic cleric over deadly suicide attacks
  2008-10-30 06:28:04 - (SomaliNet) Authorities have arrested an Islamic cleric suspected of involvement in a wave of suicide attacks that killed more than 20 people, a Somali official says. The five seemingly coordinat
  
• Somalia: Pirates hijack Turkish freighter ship off Somali coast
  2008-10-30 06:03:42 - (SomaliNet) Turkish freighter ship has been hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast, a Turkey\'s state-run news agency says. The ship, Neslihan with 20 crew members on board, was hijacked in the
  

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