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Accused Oregon Bomber's Secrets

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shirin Sadeghi

Nineteen-year-old accused bomber Mohammad Osman Mohamud seems to have kept a lot of secrets from his closest friends. Secrets about a "little brothe...

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The Mosque Next Door: What Americans Can Learn From Boston's Experience

Phillip Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Phillip Martin

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center -the official name of the largest mosque and Muslim gathering place in New England--was twenty years in ...

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Somali Pirates Tell Their Side

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Real News

Shashank Bengali reports for McClatchy from more than 25 countries and covered conflicts in Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq and Georgia. Before moving t...

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Obama's Handling of Terror Threats: Inauguration Day and Today

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Axelrod, Islamism, Christmas Bombing, Terror, Somali, Yemen, New York Times, Obama, Nigeria, Roosevelt, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

The press has been bubbling with commentary on Obama's handling of the "Christmas Bomber" incident to perhaps the same extent that the U.S. now seems to be bubbling with fresh terror attempts.

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Somali Bomb Kills Government Ministers In Mogadishu

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celeb...

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Paul And Rachel Chandler, Kidnapped Britons, Say Somali Pirates May Kill Them Soon

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or hande...

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Somali Islamist Insurgents Behead 7 People

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the governmen...

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Blowback Amnesia

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allison Kilkenny

If Americans can collectively act like adults and think past the next thirty seconds, they'll see that a ground invasion into Somalia is an awful idea.

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Somali Autism Mom: "We Thought America Was the Last and Best Stop in this World"

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Somalia, Somali, Autism, Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota, Refugees, Minneapolis, Vaccines, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

Idil, a Somali mother in Minnesota, told me she had been trying for more than a year to get state officials to pay attention to all the sick kids in the local Somali community. She's now "taking off the gloves."

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Is Autism an "American Disease?" Somali Immigrants Reportedly Have High Rates

David Kirby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Somali, Thimerosal, Vaccine, Autism, Special Education, Minneapolis, Immigrants Autism, Somali Immigrants Autism, Health, Immigration, Autism Vaccines, Healthy Living News
David Kirby

An unusually large proportion of Somali children in Minnesota have autism. Why? There's likely a genetic connection, but other factors might be at play, including a lack of vitamin D from sunlight, or, yes, vaccinations.

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