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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Mogadishu</title>
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		<title>8 Somalis killed in bomb blast aimed at a goverment official and shelling of radio station</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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8 killed in blast and shelling in Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A police official and a journalist say a bomb blast and a separate mortar attack on a radio station in Somalia&#8217;s capital have killed eight people.
Mogadishu&#8217;s regional police chief Col. Ahmed Hassan Malin says Monday&#8217;s roadside bomb targeted a vehicle belonging to a government .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/8-somalis-killed-in-bomb-blast-aimed-at-a-goverment-official-and-shelling-of-radio-station-246840/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 8 Somalis killed in bomb blast aimed at a goverment official and shelling of radio station</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali insurgents ban UN mine agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI/MOGADISHU - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab Thursday said it was banning the UN Mine Action agency from operating in Somalia.

Al-Shabaab, which is battling to topple the weak Western-backed government, said in a statement that Mine Action was paying the salaries of government forces and &#8220;surveying and signposting some of the most vital and sensitive areas&#8221; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-insurgents-ban-un-mine-agency-245714/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Somali insurgents ban UN mine agency</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali militant group shuts down activites of UN mine agency in Somali areas it controls</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali militant group shuts down UN mine agency

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somalia Islamist militant group says it is banning the U.N. mine agency from its territory.
Al-Shabab accuses U.N. Mine Action of paying police salaries for Somalia&#8217;s weak, transitional government. The group said Thursday that the U.N. agency has been surveying vital and sensitive areas under ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-militant-group-shuts-down-activites-of-un-mine-agency-in-somali-areas-it-controls-245327/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Somali militant group shuts down activites of UN mine agency in Somali areas it controls</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Blast from old land mine kills 6 Somali children from same family; baby and parents survive</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Land mine kills 6 Somali children in same family

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A community leader in Somalia says an explosion of an old land mine has killed six children from the same family near the border with Ethiopia.
Hareri Hassan Barre says six children between the ages of 3 and 11 were killed by the blast as .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/blast-from-old-land-mine-kills-6-somali-children-from-same-family-baby-and-parents-survive-243852/">Blast from old land mine kills 6 Somali children from same family; baby and parents survive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia Islamist militants execute 2 men accused of murder and adultery in lawless country</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Somalia Islamist militants execute 2 men
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Witnesses say Islamist militants have executed two men accused by the fighters of murder and adultery.

Witnesses in the town of Afgoye southwest of the capital say the Hizbul Islam militants on Sunday stoned to death the man accused of adultery and shot the man accused of murder. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalia-islamist-militants-execute-2-men-accused-of-murder-and-adultery-in-lawless-country-243510/" title="Somalia Islamist militants execute 2 men accused of murder and adultery in lawless country">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: foreigners helping Somali Islamist insurgents to improve tactics, technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katharine Houreld</dc:creator>
		
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Experts: Somali Islamists improving tactics, bombs

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country&#8217;s beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington.
Somali fighters over the past two years have gone from simply throwing grenades into crowded rooms to building ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/experts-foreigners-helping-somali-islamist-insurgents-to-improve-tactics-technology-243019/">Experts: foreigners helping Somali Islamist insurgents to improve tactics, technology</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali gov&#8217;t warns of suicide attack threat against airport, seaport, presidential palace</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-govt-warns-of-suicide-attack-threat-against-airport-seaport-presidential-palace-240876/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali gov&#8217;t warns of suicide attack threat

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia&#8217;s government is warning that militants plan to carry out suicide attacks against key installations in Mogadishu.
Police spokesman Abdullahi Hassan Barise says that intelligence shows that suicide bombers plan to target the airport, seaport and the presidential palace.
Barise said Monday that members of al-Shabab — a ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-govt-warns-of-suicide-attack-threat-against-airport-seaport-presidential-palace-240876/">Somali gov&#8217;t warns of suicide attack threat against airport, seaport, presidential palace</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali militant group denies role in suicide blast that killed 22 at graduation ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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Somali militant group denies role in suicide bomb

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia&#8217;s most powerful Islamic militant group says it had nothing to do with a suicide bomb attack on a university graduation ceremony that killed 22 people.
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage, a spokesman for the militant group al-Shabab, said Friday that his group is &#8220;very sad&#8221; about .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-militant-group-denies-role-in-suicide-blast-that-killed-22-at-graduation-ceremony-239825/">Somali militant group denies role in suicide blast that killed 22 at graduation ceremony</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Three ministers among 11 killed in Somalia blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU - A bomb blast ripped through a hotel in the lawless Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday, killing three government ministers and at least eight others.

The apparent suicide attack took place at the Shamo Hotel during a graduation ceremony for dozens of university students, a DPA correspondent at the scene said.	 	
Nobody claimed responsibility for the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/three-ministers-among-11-killed-in-somalia-blast-239282/">Source &nbsp;: Three ministers among 11 killed in Somalia blast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Seven, including three ministers, killed in Somalia blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU - A bomb blast ripped through a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday, killing at least seven people, including three ministers.

A DPA correspondent at the scene said the apparent suicide attack took place during a graduation ceremony for dozens of university students at the Shamo Hotel.	 	
Nobody claimed immediate responsibility for the blast, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/seven-including-three-ministers-killed-in-somalia-blast-239219/">Original article on  : Seven, including three ministers, killed in Somalia blast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosion at graduation ceremony in Somalia kills 5; several gov&#8217;t ministers in attendance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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5 killed in Somali graduation ceremony explosion

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An AP reporter in Somalia says a bomb has exploded at a university graduation ceremony, killing five people and wounding several more.
The reporter says several government ministers were attending the ceremony when the bomb went off. It wasn&#8217;t immediately clear if any of the ministers had .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosion-at-graduation-ceremony-in-somalia-kills-5-several-govt-ministers-in-attendance-239127/">Explosion at graduation ceremony in Somalia kills 5; several gov&#8217;t ministers in attendance</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian and Australian journalists freed in Somalia; getting medical care in Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Odula</dc:creator>
		
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Freed foreign journalists in Kenyan hospital

NAIROBI, Kenya — Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia were receiving medical care on Thursday in neighboring Kenya, Canada&#8217;s ambassador said.
Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan flew out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in a chartered plane early Thursday. Later in the day Lindhout .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-and-australian-journalists-freed-in-somalia-getting-medical-care-in-kenya-236333/">Original article &nbsp;: Canadian and Australian journalists freed in Somalia; getting medical care in Kenya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian and Australian journalists freed in Somalia, arrive in neighboring Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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Freed foreign journalists arrive in Kenya
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia arrived in neighboring Kenya Thursday.

Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan flew out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in a chartered plane early Thursday, said Somalia&#8217;s National Security Minister Mohamed Abdullahi.
In the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, journalists .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canadian-and-australian-journalists-freed-in-somalia-arrive-in-neighboring-kenya-236223/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Released Canadian, Australian journalists to fly to Kenya</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/released-canadian-australian-journalists-to-fly-to-kenya-236128/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU - A Canadian journalist and an Australian photographer freed after 15 months of captivity in Somalia were Thursday due to fly to Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya.

Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan were set free Wednesday night and stayed overnight in a Mogadishu hotel.	 	
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		<title>Freed Canadian and Australian journalists leave Somalia, flying to neighboring Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Freed foreign journalists leave Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two foreign journalists freed after more than a year in captivity flew to neighboring Kenya, Somalia&#8217;s national security minister said Thursday.

Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan early Thursday flew out of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in a chartered plane, Mohamed Abdullahi said.
Journalists waiting at Mogadishu airport were .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/freed-canadian-and-australian-journalists-leave-somalia-flying-to-neighboring-kenya-236075/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Freed Canadian and Australian journalists leave Somalia, flying to neighboring Kenya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali officials: Canadian and Australian journalists freed after being held more than a year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Somalia: 2 kidnapped journalists freed
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Canadian and Australian journalist were freed on Wednesday after more than a year in captivity, Somali officials said.

Police spokesman Col. Abdullahi Hassan Barise said Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan are at a Mogadishu hotel with Somali lawmaker Botan Isse Alin. Barise and Alin declined to ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-officials-canadian-and-australian-journalists-freed-after-being-held-more-than-a-year-235877/">Somali officials: Canadian and Australian journalists freed after being held more than a year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates free captured ship bound for Somalia after $15K in &#8216;expenses&#8217; paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Pirates free hijacked ship bound for Somali port

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali businessman says a ship hijacked by pirates off East Africa two weeks ago has been released.
Ali Dheere, the chairman of a group of traders in Mogadishu, says the al-Mizan has arrived in Somalia&#8217;s capital.
The Panama-flagged, United Arab Emirates-owned cargo ship was carrying electronics, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pirates-free-captured-ship-bound-for-somalia-after-15k-in-expenses-paid-234617/">Original source &nbsp;: Pirates free captured ship bound for Somalia after $15K in &#8216;expenses&#8217; paid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali woman stoned to death for adultery, boyfriend given 100 lashes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali woman stoned to death for adultery
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A judge for an Islamic militant group in Somalia says a woman has been stoned to death and her boyfriend given 100 lashes for having an affair.

Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahman, the judge for the group al-Shabab, says the woman was killed Tuesday in front of a crowd ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-woman-stoned-to-death-for-adultery-boyfriend-given-100-lashes-231495/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Somali woman stoned to death for adultery, boyfriend given 100 lashes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain &#8216;did what it had to do&#8217; to free 36 sailors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.
Spain&#8217;s prime minister did little to deny paying off the hijackers — one reason the lucrative attacks are on ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-get-33m-ransom-spain-did-what-it-had-to-do-to-free-36-sailors-231301/">Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain &#8216;did what it had to do&#8217; to free 36 sailors</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirate: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages free

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday after holding them for more than six weeks off the coast of Somalia, while a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.
In Spain, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalis-33m-ransom-paid-36-hostages-aboard-spanish-trawler-taken-in-early-october-freed-231113/">Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid for 36 Spanish hostages hijacked in early October</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid for 36 Spanish hostages

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A self-proclaimed pirate and a village elder in Somalia say that pirates holding a Spanish trawler and 36 hostages have been paid $3.3 million, and are freeing the ship and crew.
A Somali villager named Ali Ahmed Salad says 12 armed pirates who have been holding ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalis-33m-ransom-paid-for-36-spanish-hostages-hijacked-in-early-october-231092/">Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid for 36 Spanish hostages hijacked in early October</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali judge who jailed pirates, Islamic insurgents killed on way out of mosque</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali judge who jailed pirates, insurgents killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia — 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.
Mohamed Said Samatar said three men were arrested Thursday over the killing of High Court Judge Mohamed Abdi Aware. In ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-judge-who-jailed-pirates-islamic-insurgents-killed-on-way-out-of-mosque-226700/">Read more : Somali judge who jailed pirates, Islamic insurgents killed on way out of mosque</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates demand $3M for 18-crew ship; businessman says vessel carrying food, electronics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates have hijacked a Panamanian-flagged ship with 18 crew off the east coast of Africa, the latest in an increasing number of attacks, a Somali businessman said Tuesday.
A group of Somali businessmen called the Juba General Trading Company had hired the al-Mizan to carry ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-demand-3m-for-18-crew-ship-businessman-says-vessel-carrying-food-electronics-224265/">Somali pirates demand $3M for 18-crew ship; businessman says vessel carrying food, electronics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man stoned to death in Somalia for adultery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU - Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a man to death in the port town of Marka for committing adultery, officials said.

&#8220;The 33-year-old man Abbas (Hussein Abdurahman) confessed his crime in front of the Islamic court, and today we have implemented his reward in front of the people in accordance with Islamic sharia,&#8221; al-Shabaab ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-stoned-to-death-in-somalia-for-adultery-221434/">Original article on  : Man stoned to death in Somalia for adultery</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Somali men with guns fail in attempt to hijack plane over Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali men fail in attempt to hijack plane

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali airline official says two men have failed in an attempt to hijack an airplane.
Diallo Airlines marketing manager Ahmed Yare says the men drew guns on Monday&#8217;s flight. He says some of the 30 passengers thwarted the hijackers by challenging them.
The plane returned to  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-somali-men-with-guns-fail-in-attempt-to-hijack-plane-over-somalia-215089/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rival Somali pirates, militias fight for custody of British couple, say commander, elder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Rival Somali groups fight over British couple

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rival pirates and militia groups have fought for control over a British couple held hostage for more than a week, an Islamic militia commander and a local elder said Monday. The couple were not injured in the fighting.
Meanwhile, a U.S.-flagged cargo vessel with 21 Americans aboard .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rival-somali-pirates-militias-fight-for-custody-of-british-couple-say-commander-elder-214959/">Rival Somali pirates, militias fight for custody of British couple, say commander, elder</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US Navy: American cargo vessel escapes pirate attack off East African coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
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US Navy: American cargo ship evades pirate attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. Navy says an American-flagged cargo vessel has escaped a brush with armed pirates off the coast of East Africa.
A spokesman for the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain says the MV Harriette came under small arms fire from suspected pirates Monday aboard two skiffs ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-navy-american-cargo-vessel-escapes-pirate-attack-off-east-african-coast-214796/">US Navy: American cargo vessel escapes pirate attack off East African coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EU force: Suspected Somali pirates exchange fire with Norwegian navy off African coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Suspected Somali pirates clash with Norwegian navy

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The European Union&#8217;s anti-piracy force says a Norwegian warship has clashed with suspected Somali pirates.
A statement from the force says a team from Norwegian warship HNOMS Fridjof Nansen on Sunday went to talk to the crew of four fishing boats near Alula, a northeastern Somali coastal .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-force-suspected-somali-pirates-exchange-fire-with-norwegian-navy-off-african-coast-214778/">EU force: Suspected Somali pirates exchange fire with Norwegian navy off African coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somalia roadside bomb attack kills infantry division commander in country&#8217;s north</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Somalia bomb attack kills military commander

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A defense official in Somalia says a roadside bomb in the country&#8217;s semiautonomous northern region has killed two people, including an infantry division commander.
Somaliland defense minister Saleban Warsame Guled says two remote-controlled bombs were used in the attack that killed Osman Yusuf.
After the first blast, Yusuf went .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalia-roadside-bomb-attack-kills-infantry-division-commander-in-countrys-north-214221/">Original source &nbsp;: Somalia roadside bomb attack kills infantry division commander in country&#8217;s north</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates demanding $7M for UK couple, say Western forces &#8216;loot&#8217; natural fishing resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates: Western boats &#8216;loot&#8217; Somali fish

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple said Saturday that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia&#8217;s fish-rich waters.
Ahmed Gadaf, who described himself as a spokesman for the pirates, said Western fishing vessels &#8220;harass&#8221; local fishermen and destroy their  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pirates-demanding-7m-for-uk-couple-say-western-forces-loot-natural-fishing-resources-213661/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BBC says Somali pirates demanding $7 million ransom in return for UK couple</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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BBC: Pirates want $7 million ransom for UK couple

MOGADISHU, Somalia — The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa.
The British broadcaster cited an unidentified caller as saying the size of the ransom was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bbc-says-somali-pirates-demanding-7-million-ransom-in-return-for-uk-couple-213126/">Read more : BBC says Somali pirates demanding $7 million ransom in return for UK couple</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British woman held by pirates describes captors as &#8216;very hospitable&#8217; in broadcast interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Captive British woman says pirates &#8216;hospitable&#8217;

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A British woman who is being held by Somali pirates with her husband after their yacht was hijacked said in a phone call broadcast Friday that the couple were &#8220;bearing up&#8221; and she described her captors as &#8220;very hospitable.&#8221;
Rachel Chandler told her brother, Stephen Collett, in a ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-woman-held-by-pirates-describes-captors-as-very-hospitable-in-broadcast-interview-212761/" title="British woman held by pirates describes captors as &#8216;very hospitable&#8217; in broadcast interview">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirate: Hijacked British couple to be moved to other vessel; no ransom demand yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates to put British couple on other ship

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali pirate claiming to speak on behalf of a group holding a British couple says they will move the couple to another hijacked ship with other hostages anchored off the eastern coast of Somalia.
Abdinor, who identified himself only by his first name, says ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirate-hijacked-british-couple-to-be-moved-to-other-vessel-no-ransom-demand-yet-212219/">Somali pirate: Hijacked British couple to be moved to other vessel; no ransom demand yet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British couple sailing yacht off Somalia kidnapped by pirates, held on cargo ship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates hold British couple on cargo ship

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Paul and Rachel Chandler, a retired British couple who sailed to exotic locales aboard their 38-foot yacht, said in one of their last cheery messages they would likely be &#8220;out of touch for some time.&#8221;
After disappearing for a week, a somber Paul Chandler is back ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-couple-sailing-yacht-off-somalia-kidnapped-by-pirates-held-on-cargo-ship-211696/">British couple sailing yacht off Somalia kidnapped by pirates, held on cargo ship</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British couple asleep when Somali pirates came aboard, now held in pirate stronghold off shore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
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UK couple asleep as Somali pirates hijacked yacht

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A British man kidnapped by Somali pirates while vacationing on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released Thursday that the sea bandits had crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.
Paul Chandler told Britain&#8217;s ITV News that he and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-couple-asleep-when-somali-pirates-came-aboard-now-held-in-pirate-stronghold-off-shore-211236/">Original article on  : British couple asleep when Somali pirates came aboard, now held in pirate stronghold off shore</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates take British yacht couple to fishing village on shore, fisherman says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates take British yacht couple ashore

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali pirates who hijacked a British couple&#8217;s yacht brought them to a fishing village on shore Thursday, a fisherman said.
Two boats carrying eight pirates and a white couple arrived in the village of Ceel Huur in the early morning, said Dahir Dabadhahan. A convoy of around .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-take-british-yacht-couple-to-fishing-village-on-shore-fisherman-says-211070/">Somali pirates take British yacht couple to fishing village on shore, fisherman says</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali man claiming to be a centenarian marries 17-year-old girl before hundreds of guests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali who claims to be centenarian marries teen

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl. Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men. But it ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-man-claiming-to-be-a-centenarian-marries-17-year-old-girl-before-hundreds-of-guests-210413/">Original article on  : Somali man claiming to be a centenarian marries 17-year-old girl before hundreds of guests</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali man claiming to be a centenarian takes teen girl as wife</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Elderly Somali man takes 17-year-old bride

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl.
Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men.
But it is rare for a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-man-claiming-to-be-a-centenarian-takes-teen-girl-as-wife-209847/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Somali man claiming to be a centenarian takes teen girl as wife</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Insurgent mortars again target Somali president at airport; 5 killed in violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Insurgent mortars again target Somali president

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A medical official in Somalia says five people have been killed in fighting after insurgents sent mortars toward the airport as the president was arriving.
Ali Musa, the head of the Mogadishu ambulance service, says 11 others were wounded in the battles Wednesday.
Witnesses say mortars were fired toward .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insurgent-mortars-again-target-somali-president-at-airport-5-killed-in-violence-209598/">Source article &nbsp;: Insurgent mortars again target Somali president at airport; 5 killed in violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Warships search for missing British couple; Somali resident says pirates are holding them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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Search for UK couple missing in Somali pirate area

MOGADISHU, Somalia — International naval forces hunted on Tuesday for a British couple feared taken by Somali pirates while sailing from the Seychelles islands, and as night fell units were trailing three suspicious vessels.
Cmdr. John Harbour of the European Union Naval Force said one of its helicopters .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/warships-search-for-missing-british-couple-somali-resident-says-pirates-are-holding-them-208419/">Original source &nbsp;: Warships search for missing British couple; Somali resident says pirates are holding them</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Militant firing squad kills 2 men accused of spying in Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Firing squad kills 2 accused of spying in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamist militants on Sunday shot to death two men accused by fighters of spying for this east African nation&#8217;s weak government, a witness and militant member said.
Hundreds of Somalis watched as a firing squad arranged by al-Shabab — the militant group linked to al-Qaida .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/militant-firing-squad-kills-2-men-accused-of-spying-in-somalia-206411/">Original article &nbsp;: Militant firing squad kills 2 men accused of spying in Somalia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mortars fired at Somalia&#8217;s airport as president boards plane; at least 20 killed in battles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Mortars fired by Islamic militants slammed into Somalia&#8217;s airport as the president was boarding a plane Thursday, sparking battles that killed at least 24 people when return fire hit residential areas and a market, officials said.

A militant leader vowed to avenge the civilian deaths and threatened retaliatory attacks in two African countries ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mortars-fired-at-somalias-airport-as-president-boards-plane-at-least-20-killed-in-battles-203154/" title="Mortars fired at Somalia&#8217;s airport as president boards plane; at least 20 killed in battles">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Shelling in Somali capital kills 16, wounds more than 25, ambulance service says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Mortars slammed into Somalia&#8217;s capital Thursday, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 25, Mogadishu&#8217;s ambulance service said.

Ali Muse, a spokesman for the ambulance service, said the shelling started Thursday morning. Somalia&#8217;s capital sees near-daily bloodshed as insurgents try to overthrow the government and push out African Union peacekeepers.
Somalia has ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/shelling-in-somali-capital-kills-16-wounds-more-than-25-ambulance-service-says-203052/">Shelling in Somali capital kills 16, wounds more than 25, ambulance service says</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Islamist group orders 2 radio stations to stop broadcasts; no reason given</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful Islamist group linked to al-Qaida on Wednesday ordered two radio stations in southwestern Somalia to stop broadcasts indefinitely.

Al-Shabab delivered letters to Jubba and Warsan Radio stations early Wednesday ordering the shut down without giving any reasons, said Mohamed Adawe, a journalist with Jubba Radio.
Another Jubba Radio journalist, Abdikarin Jakarta, said .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-islamist-group-orders-2-radio-stations-to-stop-broadcasts-no-reason-given-202069/">Somali Islamist group orders 2 radio stations to stop broadcasts; no reason given</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali radio quiz winners offered grenades, guns and ammunition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI/MOGADISHU - Winners of a Somali radio quiz show testing knowledge of the Koran are being offered prizes including grenades, Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition, according to a local report.

The prizes offered by an Islamic broadcaster in the port of Kismayo were designed to &#8220;encourage the population to fight&#8221;, according to the report by independent Radio .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-radio-quiz-winners-offered-grenades-guns-and-ammunition-199205/">Original source &nbsp;: Somali radio quiz winners offered grenades, guns and ammunition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Islamists threaten to attack neighboring Kenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Islamist insurgency in Somalia may attack targets in neighboring Kenya, an Islamist official said Sunday.

The insurgency&#8217;s appointed governor of Gedo region, Sheik Da&#8217;ud Mohamed Garane, made the threats on behalf of the al-Shabab militia following reports that Kenya&#8217;s military was stepping up recruitment of ethnic Somalis who are Kenyan citizens.
&#8220;Our intelligence ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-islamists-threaten-to-attack-neighboring-kenya-193163/">Read : Somali Islamists threaten to attack neighboring Kenya</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Islamists carry out amputations on 3 men accused of robbery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Six masked men used machetes to carry out amputations on three men accused of robbery by a Somali Islamist court, a witness said Saturday.

Abdulahi Hassan Afrah said the two of the men had both a hand and a foot cut off and a third had only a foot cut off after the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-islamists-carry-out-amputations-on-3-men-accused-of-robbery-192455/">Somali Islamists carry out amputations on 3 men accused of robbery</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali Islamist commander gunned down in capital as tensions within insurgency escalate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — An Islamist spokesman says gunmen have killed a senior member of Somalia&#8217;s insurgency in the country&#8217;s capital.

Hizbul Islam spokesman Mohammed Osman Aros says the group does not know who killed Ahmed Abdurahamn Odawa, known as &#8220;Taliban&#8221;.
Local resident Mohamud Aden says Odawa&#8217;s bodyguard and a nearby civilian were also killed.
The attack follows clashes .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-islamist-commander-gunned-down-in-capital-as-tensions-within-insurgency-escalate-191670/">Source article &nbsp;: Somali Islamist commander gunned down in capital as tensions within insurgency escalate</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain calls for sanctions on Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of Somali government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edith M. Lederer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Britain called Thursday for U.N. sanctions against the tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea for supplying weapons to opponents of the transitional government in nearby Somalia in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.

The United States, which warned in July that Eritrea could soon face sanctions unless it stops support for Somali extremists, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/britain-calls-for-sanctions-on-eritrea-for-supplying-arms-to-opponents-of-somali-government-191216/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Britain calls for sanctions on Eritrea for supplying arms to opponents of Somali government</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Somali defense minister nabbed in Uganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia&#8217;s defense minister was seized Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital in what the Somali president said was likely a &#8220;mistake&#8221; by Ugandan security forces.

Yusuf Mohamed Siad was picked up as he walked out of a mosque in Kampala, Somali government spokesman Sheik Abdirisaq Qeylow said.
Qeylow initially said Siad was ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-somali-defense-minister-nabbed-in-uganda-188813/">Official: Somali defense minister nabbed in Uganda</a>.]]></description>
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