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(Photo: UN / Eric Kanalstein)Somalia polio outbreak spreads; 105 recorded cases
Mothers Wait with Children to Receive Polio Vaccination Mothers line up with their children to receive polio vaccinations in Salamanca, Liberia. The third round of the National Immunizations Days for Polio was launched in Liberia. The campaign aims to immunize 1.2million children against the deadly decease and Liberia's Health and Social Welfare Minister Peter Coleman thanked the World Health Organization, UNICEF and other non-governmental organizations for supporting Liberia's health sector....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Molly Riley)Michelle Obama: Black Family In The White House 'Changes The Bar' For Kids
First lady Michelle Obama smiles as she walks to the West Front of the Capitol in Washington...Full Story

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Amisom Opens Workshop On Human Rights in Uganda
[Sabahi]The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) opened a four-day training workshop in Kampala on international humanitarian law and human rights for Somali National Army (SNA) officers Tuesday (August 20th). ...Full Story
Mohamud Commends Ethiopia's Role in Somalia
[Sabahi]Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Tuesday (August 20th) praised Ethiopia's role in stabilising Somalia during a visit to Addis Ababa, which will soon host talks between the Somali government and Jubbaland regional administration leaders. ...Full Story
Shearer: Beehive and beyond
Labour leader David Shearer lasted less than two years in the top job, winning a two-man contest in December 2011 against David Cunliffe. | He took over from Phil Goff, who resigned following the election defeat to National. | Shearer had entered Parliament in 2009, win...Full Story
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers around the world: | August 18 | The Khaleej Times, Dubai, on UN inspectors for Syria: | There seems to be some understanding between the United Nations and Damascus over the issue of inspections. | After delaying tactics, bo...Full Story
Somali gunmen wound Swedish woman, kill translator
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Police in Somalia say that unidentified gunmen shot and wounded a Swedish woman and killed her translator in a drive-by shooting outside a university in Mogadishu. | Capt. Ali Hussein, a senior police officer, said that assailants in a car opened...Full Story
Flying into hostile territory: Somalia experiences boom in air travel
August 22, 2013 -- Updated 0335 GMT (1135 HKT) | Despite being classified as a hostile destination, many carriers, like Turkish Airlines, are flying to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. | (CNN) -- In Somalia, getting from point A to B can be a perilous business. Towns are r...Full Story
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Making the financial system accessible to the world’s poorest people can unlok
Mareeg 21/08/2013 | Mogadishu, August 21, 2013…… After six months investigation, independent Human Rights Task Force reported the state of the human rights in Somalia with particular reference to Mogadishu. The report highlights human rights issues and ...
Two dead after attempt to kidnap Swedish politician in Somalia
RTE Police have said that Somali gunmen tried to kidnap a Swedish opposition politician in an ambush in Mogadishu in which two men were killed. | Witnesses said Ann-Margarethe Livh, an opposition Left Party city councillor in Stockholm, was returning to ...
Somalia vows action over alleged rape by African Union troops
Fox News Published August 21, 2013AFP | A convoy of AMISOM drives down the main road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on August 5, 2013. Somalia's government vowed Wednesday to deliver justice in the case of a local woman who alleged she...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
STL Today Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the vehicle and no group immediatel...
>Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
Seattle Post MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the veh...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
The Guardian MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the ...
Swede escapes Somali ambush
Independent online MOGADISHU - Somali gunmen tried to kidnap a Swedish opposition politician on Wednesday in an ambush in which she and another woman were wounded and two men were killed, police said. | There was no immediate claim of responsibility. However, al Qaeda-...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
U~T San Diego MOGADISHU, Somalia — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the vehic...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
Springfield News-Sun Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the vehicle and no group immediatel...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
Austin American Statesman Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the vehicle and no group immediatel...
Somali gunmen kill Swedish politician, wound woman
Dayton Daily News Unidentified gunmen shot and killed one Swedish politician and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday outside a university in Mogadishu, said police in Somalia. | The assailants in a car opened fire on the vehicle and no group immediatel...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Dayton Daily News Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: | August 17 | Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram on revise mandatory minimum sentencing: | U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's call last week for a revision of mandatory federal ...
Somalia vows action over alleged rape by African Union troops
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The Guardian From Ghana, Tanzania and Somalia (by way of the US), three new music videos to savour | Reading on mobile? Click here to view | Even if it's filled to the brim with Arab world stereotypes (desert, camel, mysterious transactions on a sand dune, Arab m...
ANHRI Denounces the Assassination of a Media-Professional in the Radio & TV Runed By the State
All Africa [HRInfo]The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) strongly denounces the ongoing assassination processes against the media professionals and journalists by gunmen in Somalia on the background of their peaceful opinions. The number of jour...
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