Somalia
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Seven killed in attack on UN vehicle in Somali
World | Apr 20, 2015, 03:09 PM ISTMogadishu: At least seven people were killed in an attack on a UN vehicle in Garowe, the capital of Puntland in northeastern Somalia, on Monday.Four UN Children's Fund (Unicef) staff members were among the dead
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Al-Shabab siege at Somali hotel ends, 24 dead: Official
World | Mar 28, 2015, 11:57 PM ISTMogadishu (Somalia): Blood spattered utensils, bullet- pocked walls and overturned chairs mark the reception area of a prominent hotel in the Somali capital following an attack by Islamic extremists that killed at least 24, including
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Barack Obama nominates 1st US ambassador to Somalia since 1991
World | Feb 25, 2015, 08:47 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Feb 23, 2015, 03:44 PM ISTJohannesburg: 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 | Dec 12, 2014, 06:32 AM ISTUnited 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 | Dec 07, 2014, 02:16 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 04, 2014, 06:51 AM ISTUnited 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 | Nov 12, 2014, 06:52 AM ISTUnited 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 | Jul 03, 2014, 06:27 PM ISTNairobi: 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 | Jun 06, 2014, 08:31 AM ISTUnited 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 | Jan 27, 2014, 06:30 PM ISTMogadishu: 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 | Oct 29, 2013, 07:29 AM ISTMogadishu : 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 | Oct 06, 2013, 08:42 PM ISTCairo/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 | Oct 01, 2013, 06:06 PM ISTNairobi, 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 | Sep 28, 2013, 03:58 PM ISTWashinton: 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 | Sep 24, 2013, 04:48 PM ISTMogadishu, 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 | Sep 07, 2013, 04:16 PM ISTSomalia: 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 | Aug 22, 2013, 08:08 AM ISTBangalore: 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 | Jul 09, 2012, 08:48 PM ISTMassachusetts, 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 | Apr 02, 2012, 05:44 PM ISTJamnagar, 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,