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Tolerance a test for Masiphumelele dwellers

OCT 11, 2006

Baraka, give me two onions. The order, in a confident voice, was from the diminutive figure standing on the step. From the hole in the window not much...

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South Africa: Abdullahi's dream come true

OCT 11, 2006

"We stood like this." His hands in the air, legs together and face theatrically impassive, Abdullahi Hussein Mohamadi cuts a tall, gaunt figure in his...

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Proposed Rules for Journalists in Somalia Called 'Draconian'

OCT 11, 2006

The Paris-based media-rights organization Reporters Without Borders is condemning a set of what it calls "draconian" rules being proposed by Islamist ...

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Proposed Rules for Journalists in Somalia Called 'Draconian'

OCT 11, 2006

The Paris-based media-rights organization Reporters Without Borders is condemning a set of what it calls "draconian" rules being proposed by Islamist ...

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Ethiopia Reacts to Threat of Jihad by Somali Islamists

OCT 11, 2006

Ethiopia has again said it has no troops in Somalia and that it will not unilaterally attack Somalia unless attacked by the Islamists. Yesterday, She...

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Fleeing war, Somalis are targets of violence in adopted home

OCT 11, 2006

MASIPHUMELELE, 10 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Dozens of Somalis have allegedly been killed in South Africa's Western Cape Province in the past few months in wha...

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Somali government denies Ethiopian military help

OCT 10, 2006

BAIDOA, Somalia, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Somalia's interim government said on Tuesday its brief takeover of an outpost of its Islamist rivals was to check ...

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Four men honored for bodies of work

OCT 10, 2006

Photographers Tariq Mohamed and Abdi Roble, arts advocate and author Donn Vickers and broadcaster and actor Chuck White have been named winners of the...

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Stop forced returns to Ethiopia, UN urges Somalia

OCT 10, 2006

UNHCR is very concerned about the deportation of migrants by Somali authorities in the north-eastern port city of Bosaso. UN agencies and internationa...

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'No Vested Interest in Somalia' - Museveni

OCT 10, 2006

Kampala, Oct. 10 (New Vision) - UGANDA wants to send troops to Somalia out of sympathy for the suffering Somali and not because it has interests there...

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