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Saturday, 06 October 2012

Somali president names political newcomer as PM, urges unity

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday named political newcomer Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country's new prime minister, a man diplomats say is untainted by the clan rivalry and feuding that has plagued Somalia for decades. Somalia's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud listens to proceedings after winning the election, in Mogadishu September 10, 2012. REUTERS/Omar Faruk Though both the president and prime minister are new in their jobs, they will...

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India calls for efforts to destroy terrorists' safe havens Zeenews

United Nations: Noting that terrorism cannot be justified by any cause or grievance, India has asked UN-member states to expand enforcement efforts to destroy safe havens and terrorists' support networks besides evolving a counter-narrative to combat radicalisation. "To say that terrorism today...

Protesters clash with police in Bahrain Al Jazeera

Protesters have clashed with police in the Bahraini capital, Manama, after their march was stopped from proceeding towards Pearl roundabout, the focus of the mass protests that began in February last year. Police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters on Friday after a...

FBI: 'Friendly fire' concern over Nicholas Ivie death BBC News

A shooting near the US-Mexico border that saw a US border patrol agent shot dead may well have been a "friendly fire" incident, the FBI says. The shooting near Naco, Arizona, on Tuesday left Agent Nicholas Ivie dead and another wounded. He was killed after he and two other agents...

Rice on Benghazi: Blame the intelligence community Foreign Policy

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told Republican senators that her televised statements last month on the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were based entirely on information she was given by the intelligence community. "In my Sept. 16 Sunday show appearances, I was asked to provide the...

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05/10/2012 Mareeg.com-In 1992, UNSC authorised the protection of humanitarian aid in Somali as many hundreds of civilians were dying because of famine and instability. Only 500 Pakistanis peacekeeper was confined in Mogadishu airport for five months and could not do anything on the ground. Gen...

Kenya wary of being seen as an occupying force in Somalia port Reuters

KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - From the rooftop of Kismayu's rundown port, Kenyan troops scoured the waters across to the southern Somali city, part of an operation to flush out rebel remnants after al Qaeda-backed militants fled last week from their last major stronghold. While Somali government...

A Platinum Mining Giant Just Fired 12,000 Protesting Workers In South Africa Business Insider

12,000 illegally striking workers have been dismissed by South Africa-based platinum producer Anglo American Platinum, according to Reuters. The strikes have reportedly cost the company $82.7 million. Miners have been striking across South Africa for some time now over poor wages. Clashes between...

Sudan accused of dragging feet over humanitarian aid access The Guardian

Food supplies dangerously low as up to 250,000 people affected by worsening levels of food security in rebel-held southern areas A mother and child rest in a cave in South Kordofan, Sudan. They are among thousands of civilians sheltering from aerial bombing. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images...