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  Barack Obama nominates 1st US ambassador to Somalia since 1991

  World | February 25, 2015 8:47 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama has nominated a career diplomat to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia in nearly 25 years, filling a post that has been vacant since the Horn of Africa country collapsed

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  Shopping mall in the West on alert post al Shabab threats

  World | February 23, 2015 15:44 IST

  Johannesburg: A video purported to be by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries.US authorities said there was “no credible” evidence suggesting

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  Humanitarian situation worsens in Somalia:UN

  World | December 12, 2014 6:32 IST

  United Nations: The UN humanitarian coordinator in Somalia, Philippe Lazzarini, warned on Thursday that the humanitarian situation in the country has significantly deteriorated this year for the first time since the end of the 2011

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  Over 400 kidnapped, 7 still in captivity of pirates: Government

  India | December 07, 2014 14:16 IST

  New Delhi: Fate of seven Indians kidnapped four years ago by pirates operating off Somalia and Nigerian coasts remains unknown and the past six years have seen the abduction of over 400 nationals, the government

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  Attack on UN convoy in Somalia outrages UN chief

  World | December 04, 2014 6:51 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "outraged" by the terrorist attack on a UN convoy in Somalian capital city of Mogadishu, his spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.A suicide bomber smashed a car

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  Over 50,000 affected by seasonal floods in Somalia

  World | November 12, 2014 6:52 IST

  United Nations:  The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday said that seasonal flooding in several regions of Somalia affected up to 50,000 people."Humanitarian partners had pre-positioned emergencies supplies ahead of

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  UN agencies seek action to avert Somalia humanitarian crisis

  India | July 03, 2014 18:27 IST

  Nairobi: UN agencies are calling for urgent action from the international community to help avert a humanitarian crisis in Somalia.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef)

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  New polio case reported in Somalia

  World | June 06, 2014 8:31 IST

  United Nations: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that the first case of polio in Somalia this year was confirmed on Wednesday in the country's Mudug region, a spokesperson told reporters

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  Top terrorist killed in Somalia

  World | January 27, 2014 18:30 IST

  Mogadishu: The Somali government Monday confirmed the killing of a commander of the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group in an overnight air strike in the south of the Horn of Africa nation.Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli

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  Drone strike kills Al-Shabaab commander in Somalia

  World | October 29, 2013 7:29 IST

  Mogadishu : Two Al-Shabaab militants, including a senior commander, were killed when their vehicle was hit by a drone strike in a Somalian town, witnesses said Monday.The two men were instantly killed, while driving the

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  US commandos raid Libya, Somalia; capture Al Qaeda leader Abu Anas al-Liby, Somalian raid unsuccessful

  World | October 06, 2013 20:42 IST

  Cairo/Tripoli/Mogadishu: American commandos assisted by FBI and CIA agents raided Tripoli and a Somalian coastal town, and captured an Al Qaeda leader  Abu Anas al-Liby. The US Navy SEAL commandos pre-dawn attack on Somalia however

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  Kenyan president vows to keep troops in Somalia

  World | October 01, 2013 18:06 IST

  Nairobi, Kenya: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says Kenya will keep its troops in Somalia to help that country's beleaguered government battle the armed Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which attacked a mall in Nairobi on Sept.

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  US supports Al Qaeda in Syria, but fights in Kenya, Somalia

  World | September 28, 2013 15:58 IST

  Washinton: The attack in Nairobi by Al Qaeda was a grim reminder of the danger from the terrorist organization. All eyes were staring at the development there while ignoring the Syrian shores where Al Qaeda

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  Kenya mall massacre: Al Shabab threatens to carry out more such attacks

  World | September 24, 2013 16:48 IST

  Mogadishu, Somalia: Al Shabab, the terrorist outfit that carried out the Westgate shopping mall massacre in Nairobi, has threatened more such attacks in Kenya, its spokesperson Sheikh Abulaziz Abu Muscab told Al Jazeera TV reporter

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  15 die after blasts hit Somalia restaurant

  World | September 07, 2013 16:16 IST

  Somalia: Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu's seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday, detonating two large blasts that killed at least 15 people and wounded nearly

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  Indo-Arab trade meet in Bangalore on Friday

  India | August 22, 2013 8:08 IST

  Bangalore: The Indo-Arab Chamber of Commerce (IACC) is hosting a trade meet Friday here to explore investment and business opportunities in India and the Gulf region by its members, entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises."About

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  US businessman fights AT&T over $1Million phone

  World | July 09, 2012 20:48 IST

  Massachusetts, Jul 9: A U.S. businessman is engaged in a legal battle with AT&T Inc. over what he calls a fraudulent million-dollar phone bill.Michael Smith, of Ipswich, Massachusetts, says in 2009 someone hacked into his

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  22 Sailors From Gujarat Missing Since March 21

  India | April 02, 2012 17:44 IST

  Jamnagar, Apr 2: As many as 22 sailors from here have been missing since March 21, after they set sail for Somalia from Mumbai port with a consignment of sugar in a vessel called Shivam,

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  India Offers Help To Somalia To Tackle Piracy

  World | March 28, 2011 16:24 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 28: Somalia today assured India that it will do everything possible to get 53 Indian hostages released from pirates in that country, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.He said India has

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  Somalia, Pakistan Top World Terror Risk list

  World | November 17, 2010 10:24 IST

  LONDON: Pakistan is in the second spot in the world terrorism risk index (TRI), said a risk-advisory firm report that places Somalia at number one.Global risks advisory firm Maplecroft prepared the index after assessing the