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4 hrs ago | CBS 2

Pirates free hijacked ship bound for Somali port

Marshall gives Ted and Robin one of his "Slap Bet" slaps to be used on Barney; and Lily's estranged father visits her for Thanksgiving.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Gulf Times

Islamists seize town in Somalia, 12 killed

's Al Shabaab Islamists said yesterday they had seized control of a southern town from the rival Hizbul Islam insurgents after clashes that killed at least 12 fighters.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

AllAfrica.com

Somalia: Woman Stoned to Death for Adultery

An unnamed woman was stoned to death at Eel-boon in Wajid district, 330 kilometres southwest of Mogadishu, on Wednesday.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

ETaiwanNews.com

Somalia's Islamist militants spill into neighboring countries

When he fled his native Somalia for Uganda 18 months ago, Ali Yasin thought he had escaped the death threats for good.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Reuters

Somali pirates free UAE-owned cargo ship: trader

Somali pirates have freed a United Arab Emirates-owned cargo ship, a Somali businessman said on Thursday, dismissing suggestions that it had been carrying weapons to the anarchic country.

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Miller-McCune

What Are Those Warships Doing Off Somalia?

Somali pirates aboard Motor Vessel Win Far are seen firing upon a U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

BBC

Somali woman stoned for adultery

A 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of committing adultery in Somalia has been stoned to death by Islamists in front of a crowd of about 200 people.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Somali pirate: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages free

In this undated photo released by the family of crew member Pablo Costas, second left, stands aboard the Spanish trawler Alakrana with other crew members at sea in an unkown location.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

FOX News

Kenyans Recruited to Fight in Somali Civil War

The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

NewsBlaze

The Forgotten Conflict Country in East Africa and Its Technological Development

Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa, adjacent to the Arabian Peninsula; Somalia is geographically located in a very advantageous region, bordering both Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.

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Wilson's Almanac

Two Kenyans kidnapped in Somalia by gunmen

According to witness reports, two Kenyan businessmen were kidnapped in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday, and a ransom has been demanded for them.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Spencer New Leader

EU 'to greenlight' Somalia security training plan

AFP/File Government soldiers ride in the back of a pick-up truck as they patrol a market in Mogadishu, in September Fri Nov 13, 12:43 pm ET BRUSSELS The European Union is to endorse next week a plan to train up to 2,000 security personnel from Somalia , as the EU broadens engagement in the crisis hit Horn of Africa country, officials said on ...

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Independent Online

Judge shot dead in Somalia

Nairobi/Mogadishu - A Somali judge who sentenced four men with links to Islamist insurgent group al-Shabaab to jail terms has been shot dead in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, local media reports said on Thursday.

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Helsingin Sanomat

Suicide attack against meeting organised by Finns thwarted in Somalia

Security officials in Somaliland narrowly thwarted a terror attack that had been planned against a peace conference in the town of Hargeisa last Sunday.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Gulf Times

Judge shot down in Somalia's Puntland

Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon poses during the presentation of his book Billete de Ida yesterday in Madrid.

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MediLexicon

For The First Time, Child Health Days Reach Displaced Communities In Afgoye, South Somalia

Somali children and women received a high-impact life-saving health package during the Child health Days Campaign in the Afgoye Corridor, a 30 kilometer stretch of road west of Mogadishu and the world's most densely populated settlement for the displaced.

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The Cyprus Weekly

Anti-pirate judge murdered...

Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern Somalia said Thursday.

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Jurist

ACLU files lawsuit alleging FBI involvement in rendition of US citizen

The suit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website], alleges that agents repeatedly threatened Meshal with torture, disappearance, and execution in order to force him to acknowledge ties with al Qaeda.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

Daily Times

Somali pirates demonstrate long-range menace

Pirates on Monday launched their longest-range hijack attempt yet by opening fire on a big Hong Kong-flagged crude oil tanker, 1,000 nautical miles east of Mogadishu ANTI-piracy measures off Somalia appear to be forcing pirates to extend their range to strike deep into the Indian Ocean, shifting the menace even further from the protection of ...

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IRIN News

SOMALIA: Saudi livestock move boosts Somaliland economy

HARGEISA, 10 November 2009 - Days after Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the market in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has seen a 10-fold increase in sales, according to local traders.

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