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Young doctors beat odds to graduate in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Overcoming huge odds, 20 doctors and dozens of teachers will graduate from university in Somalia this week, the first graduation ceremony for almost two decades in the failed Horn of Africa state.

Puntland makes contact with journalist kidnappers: official

Mogadishu, (ANTARA News/AFP) - A regional governor in Somalia`s breakway Puntland region said Sunday they had made contact with the abductors of four journalists, including a Briton and a Spaniard. Bossaso Governor Musa Gueleh...

Five Somalis killed in grenade blasts

Sunday, November 30, 2008 MOGADISHU (AFP) - Three grenade blasts killed five people and wounded 16 others Sunday in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the seat of parliament, witnesses said. "There were many people shopping in...

Somalia: 55 Killed in Heavy Fighting

The past week has seen some of the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, in recent months, with at least 55 civilians estimated to have been killed and more than 80 others wounded, according to local hospital...

Kidnapped journos located

Mogadishu - Four journalists kidnapped in Somalia's breakaway Puntland state, including a Briton and a Spaniard, have been located and police have been deployed to the area, Puntland authorities said on Saturday. Regional...

Journalists kidnapped in Somalia

Mogadishu: Four journalists have been kidnapped in Somalia's Puntland state, authorities said on Saturday. The four, including a British and Spanish citizen, were kidnapped in the Bossaso region on Wednesday while investigating...

Timeline: Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia is backing the Somali interim government against Islamist insurgents after ousting the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) from southern Somalia two years ago. The BBC News website logs the two countries' troubled...

No more fighting with insurgents: Somali government!

Mogadishu, Nov 28: The Somali transitional government said on Friday that its forces would not engage in hostilities with the insurgents to retake rebel-held territories. The government said its decision was in compliance with...

Upsurge of fighting in Somalia among heaviest in recent months, UN reports

The past week has seen some of the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, in recent months, with at least 55 civilians estimated to have been killed and more than 80 others wounded, according to local hospital...

Four die, 20 injured in southern Somali town attack

MOGADISHU, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and almost 20 others were wounded after suspected insurgents threw two hand grenades at a police vehicle in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the seat of transitional...

               

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