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(Photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)EGYPT: Pig cull hits livelihoods
A animal pig was saved from flood due to typhoon Ondoy , Marikina City , Philippines , September 29 ,2009....Full Story

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(Photo: UNHCR/P.Sands)EGYPT: Abdullah Kahiya, "Cairo is better than Mogadishu, but life is still hard"
An Iraqi refugee at the UNHCR office in Jordan´s Ruwaished camp. Fifty-three of the 150 Palestinians who were living in the isolated desert camp at the beginning of December 2006 were resettled to Canada at the end of that year. Another ten have be...Full Story

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| Four of the five men accused of planning a terrorist attack on Sydney's Holsworthy army base have been committed to stand trial in Melbourne. Transcript | TONY JONES, PRESENTER: In Melbourne, four of the five men accused of planning an attack on the Holsworthy Army Ba...Full Story
Man found shot to death inside car in Mpls.
updated 6:45 p.m. ET Oct. 26, 2009 | MINNEAPOLIS -- Police are investigating a homicide after a man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in Minneapolis. | Authorities say shortly after 1 a.m. Monday someone shot a man who was inside a vehicle in a parking lot near t...Full Story
Somalia court gives pirates jail terms
| MOGADISHU, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- A court in the northeastern Somali region of Puntland on Sunday sentenced 12 men to various prison terms after being convicted of piracy activities off the Somali piracy-infested coast. | The judge of the court of first instance in Bossa...Full Story
UN steps up Somalia peace drive
| The UN has stepped up its support for peace-making efforts in Somalia with two trust funds, an official has said. | The funds, the official added, will help the Amisom peacekeeping force and the Transitional Federal Government in the war against al-Shabaab militants. ...Full Story
Somalia: Warlords, Islamists and Organized Crime
| As I sat by the candle, cross legged on a carpet with a compass, waiting for a whistle from the tea kettle, listening Mohamed Moghe sing in my head, making the compass needle tremble with mind control, watching fireworks rage inside my brain, and the sirens wailed in ...Full Story
14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
Comments KABUL (Map, News) - Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday, including three DEA agents after a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers. It was the deadliest day for the U.S. in Afghanistan in more than four years. | The casualties also marke...Full Story
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Mon 26 Oct 2009
More than a million recently displaced in Eastern and Central Africa – UN
United Nations | 26 October 2009 – The total number of people forced from their homes in the past six months by persistent violent conflict in Central and Eastern Africa has topped 1 million, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (O...
Truck Accident Kills One, Wounds Three Others Near Garowe Town
All Africa At least one passenger has been killed and three others were wounded in a truck accident occurred near Garowe town in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday. | ...
Two Rival Somali Clans Reach Peace Agreement in Middle Shabelle Region
All Africa Two rival Somali clans have reached peace agreement in Aden Yabal district in Middle Shabelle region, officials told Shabelle radio on Monday. | ...
Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen Sets Condition for Any Reconciliation Conference for Somali People
All Africa The officials of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen officials have set condition for any peace and reconciliation conference held for the rival Somali people who are fighting in the country, official told Shabelle radio on Monday. | ...
Somali threat sparks Uganda alert
BBC News | All Somali visitors and refugees arriving in Uganda are to be registered in response to militants threatening to attack the capital, Kampala. | Somali community leaders living in Kampala said they would help to root out any insurgents. | It comes a...
Dispute Brewing Between President and PM Over New Cabinet
All Africa A political dispute is brewing between Somalia's top leaders over the naming of a new Cabinet, government sources tell Garowe Online. | ...
Hizbul Islam Threaten Journalists
All Africa A member of Hizbul Islam rebel faction that is fighting to topple Somalia's interim government has threatened Somali journalists and accused them of supporting the government, Radio Garowe reports. | ...
UN Steps Up Peace Drive
All Africa The UN has stepped up its support for peace-making efforts in Somalia with two trust funds, an official has said. | ...
Soldier Jailed Over Somalia Affair
All Africa A UPDF soldier who impregnated a Somali woman, Ms Omar Ninho, has become the first victim of the violation of an executive order for the African Union peacekeepers in conflict-ridden Somalia not to engage in love affairs. | ...
Country Admits to Secret Police Training for Somalia
All Africa The Kenyan military has been secretly training police officers on behalf of Somali's fledgling transitional government in what Department of Defence spokesman Bogita Ongeri says is in line with international agreements. | ...
US pledges $246m in aid to Uganda
The Guardian | News round-up: Northern Uganda to benefit from US aid money; east African troops take part in joint military exercise with US; Nairobi and Kampala press ahead with new railway line | US pledges money to Uganda. Photograph: Corbis | The to revive he...
EGYPT: Pig cull hits livelihoods
IRINnews web | Photo: Freefoto CAIRO, 26 October 2009 (IRIN) - The Egyptian government's May 2009 decision to cull the country's entire pig population - ostensibly to stem the spread of H1N1 influenza - has hit the livelihoods of 70,000 former pig farmers and...
Fighting Starts in Mogadishu
All Africa Bitter fighting between forces loyal to Islamist fighters and AMISOM has started in Mogadishu on Saturday morning, witnesses told Shabelle radio Saturday. | ...
TFG Soldiers Vow They Will Attack Islamist Fighters in Central Region
All Africa The Transitional Federal Government officials in Kalabeyrka in intersection in Hiran region have vowed that they will attack the Islamist fighters in the region and recapture areas under their control, officials told Shabelle radio on Sunday. | ...
Anti-terror laws hinder Somali immigrants
The Columbus Dispatch For months, Somalis living in Columbus have complained that it has become increasingly difficult to send money home to family members because of banking-industry fears that the funds could end up with terrorists. | Huntington, JPMorgan Chase and Char...
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