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• Somalia: Mortar blasts kill at least 14 in Mogadishu
  2008-10-17 07:41:50 - (SomaliNet) In the latest battle pitting Islamist insurgents against government and peacekeeping troops, mortar attacks in Somalia\'s capital killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens more on Friday
  
• Somali a: 22 Asian sailors freed by Somali pirates- South Korean official
  2008-10-17 01:59:49 - (SomaliNet) After more than a month of captivity since their cargo ship was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a group of 22 Asian sailors has been released, a South Korean official said Th
  
• Press Release: UN Special Representative for Somalia welcome peace efforts
  2008-10-17 01:50:12 - (SomaliNet) The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has welcomed ongoing regional efforts to support the cooperation between the Transitional Federal Government and the Allia
  
• Somalia: Ethiopian soldiers among 40 killed in heavy clashes
  2008-10-16 04:04:01 - (SomaliNet) Ethiopian soldiers are among some 41 people killed in heavy clashes as violence continues to dominate war-torn Somalia. According to reports, heavily armed insurgents fired mortars a
  
• Somalia: Somali pirates may blow up freighter full of weapons
  2008-10-16 01:28:21 - (SomaliNet) The Somali pirates who hijacked a freighter full of weapons appeared Wednesday to be backing down from earlier threats to blow up the ship. A pirate speaking by satellite phone said
  
• Somalia: 7 NATO ships set off for anti-piracy mission off Somalia
  2008-10-15 08:59:26 - (SomaliNet) Seven NATO ships are transiting through the Suez Canal to conduct anti-piracy patrols off Somalia and visit NATO partner nations in the Gulf, the alliance said Wednesday. NATO spokes
  
• Somalia: Armed pirates hijack another ship near Somalia
  2008-10-15 07:40:55 - (SomaliNet) Bringing to 11 the number of vessels being held by pirates, armed pirates have hijacked another ship in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia today. The bulk carrier with 21 crew members had
  
• Somalia: Member states agree to anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast-EU
  2008-10-15 04:51:15 - (SomaliNet) The European Union says member states have agreed to the appointment of a British vice admiral to head the naval task force preparing to conduct anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast.
  
• (Radio Script): 10 pirates arrested as Puntland navy frees cargo ship
  2008-10-15 03:14:47 - (SomaliNet) The Puntland security forces have freed a Somali cargo ship that was hijacked by pirates on 9 October. Ten pirates were arrested and two policemen were wounded during the assault. Th
  
• Somalia: Somalis storm pirate-held vessel, rescues crew
  2008-10-15 03:13:16 - (SomaliNet) Rescuing the crew unharmed, security forces in northern Somalia have stormed a Panamanian-registered cargo ship that was seized by pirates last week. Local forces boarded the vessel a
  

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