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Somalia: Islamists Whip Women For Wearing Bras

Reuters | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting ...

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Somali Militants Attacked By Foreign Troops

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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Foreign soldiers have staged an attack on militants in Somalia, killing at least two people in a helicopter raid. The troops, who according to some r...

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Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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The notorious Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is yanking gold and silver teeth from the mouths of people in southern Somalia for transgressing from I...

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Somalia, Al Qaeda Haven, To Be Obama's New Afghanistan: CSM

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. T...

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Kenya-Somalia Border To Be Secured

BBC News | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier....

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Somalia: Islamist Groups Divvy Up French Hostages

BBC News | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

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Two French security advisers seized in Somalia this week have been split up and are now being held by two different hardline groups, reports say....

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Somalia Refugees Flee Mogadishu By The Thousands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital Mogadishu amid escalating fighting between government forces and opposition fighters....

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Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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With or without an international mandate, Ethiopian forces have entered Somali territory to back up a fast-failing Somali government....

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Somalia State Of Emergency Declared By President

AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for all...

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Somali MP Gunned Down, Third Attack In As Many Days

BBC | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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A Somali politician has been killed by gunmen in the capital, Mogadishu, the government has confirmed....

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Somalia Fighting Escalates In Capital Mogadishu

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of government soldiers attacked Islamic insurgents across the Somali capital amid heavy artillery shelling Friday,...

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Somali Rebel Violence The Work Of Foreign States: Somali President

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

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Somalia's president accused Islamist insurgents on Monday of working for foreign governments trying to destabilise his Horn of Africa nation after fou...

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Yemen's Economic Crisis Threatens Volatile Region's Security (PHOTOS)

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Arab world. It faces corruption, malnutrition and water shortages. Its population of 23 million owns over 23 million firearms. It's a witch's brew of potential disaster.

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Somali Pirates Holding 14 Ships, 260 People

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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The International Maritime Bureau says 260 crew on 14 hijacked ships are being held off the coast of Somalia, not including the U.S.-flagged ship seiz...

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World Health Day: Somalia Struggles To Provide Healthcare

allAfrica | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

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World Health Day on 7 April is just another difficult day for medical personnel in Mogadishu, capital of war-torn Somalia, where threats and intimidat...

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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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Young Men From Minnesota Vanish Into Somalia

Los Angeles Times | Bob Drogin | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

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"He wanted to go to Harvard," said his uncle Osman Ahmed. "That was his dream." Instead [Burhan] Hassan has gone to Somalia, the anarchic East Afri...

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