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Ethiopia Accused Of Sending Troops Into Somalia

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Witnesses said Tuesday that Ethiopian troops had crossed the border into war-ravaged Somalia and appeared to be stationing ...

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Somalia Update Five

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

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Reese Schonfeld

The Horn of Africa looms as the next Afghanistan. It's time for our new President to take a hard look.

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Wall Street, Somalia, and Jack Sparrow

John Feffer | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

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John Feffer

Why are more than a dozen of the world's navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?

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Islamists Introduce Strict Laws After Capturing Somalian Seat

DAILY NATION | Reuters News Service | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab said today it had introduced sharia law in Baidoa, a day after taking the town that had been a ...

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Somalia's Presidential Palace Attacked By Insurgents

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents attacked Somalia's presidential palace and five civilians were killed Wednesday, underscoring fears the ...

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George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Reese Schonfeld

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

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Somali Insurgents Take Over Police Stations As Ethiopian Troops Pull Out

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 02.03.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents appeared to be scrambling for power Saturday, taking over several police stations in the capital as Ethi...

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Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic l...

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Editorial: American View On Somali Crisis Shortsighted

WardheerNews | Faisal Roble | Posted 01.24.2009 | World

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Ethiopian troops, protected by US air power, invaded Somalia on Christmas Eve of 2006 to break the chokehold of that country by Islamists. The pressi...

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