UN: Thousands of Somalis on north coast, hoping to flee across Gulf of Aden to YemenMOGADISHU, Somalia — Thousands of Somalis are preparing to cross the Gulf of Aden to Yemen after fleeing fighting around the capital of Mogadishu, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to visit Kenya, 6 other African nations next weekWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to travel to Africa next week on a seven-nation tour aimed at highlighting the Obama administration’s commitment to the continent. Aspiring terrorists or naive dupes? Question over motives of Minn. Somalis who took up armsMINNEAPOLIS — Even the federal prosecutors who charged a 25-year-old Minnesota man with aiding terrorists admit he didn’t know he was signing up for jihad when he accepted a free trip to Somalia. Government forces take full control of strategic western Somali town from Islamic insurgentsMOGADISHU, Somalia — With a show of force, Somali government troops on Sunday took full control of the strategic western town where the national security minister was killed last month. Turkish military captures 5 pirates off Somalia’s coastANKARA, Turkey — Turkish commandos captured five pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Friday as part of an international mission to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia, the military said. UN chief urges military support for Somalia’s embattled government whose survival is at stakeUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all countries Thursday to provide urgent military support to Somalia’s embattled transitional government, warning that its survival is at stake. Somalia: 16 die as insurgents battle government and African Union peacekeepersMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali Islamist insurgents clashed with government forces and African Union peacekeepers, killing fighters on both sides and ten civilians, an army spokesman and witnesses said Thursday. NATO, Russia consider ways to increase cooperation in anti-piracy, Afghanistan campaignsBRUSSELS — Diplomats from NATO and Russia met on Wednesday to discuss ways of cooperating in the battle against pirates off Somalia and supplying alliance forces fighting in Afghanistan. UN chief condemns looting of 2 UN offices in Somalia, pledges to keep helping the countryUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the looting of two United Nations offices in southern Somalia and pledged to continue to help the war-ravaged country emerge from decades of violence. France doesn’t exclude sending commandos to free French security agents kidnapped in SomaliaPARIS — France’s foreign minister says the country doesn’t rule out sending commandos to try to free two French security advisers held hostage in Somalia. Hardline Somali Islamic insurgents raid UN compounds, ban 3 UN relief agenciesMOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents with alleged links with al-Qaida looted two United Nations compounds in southern Somalia on Monday, and announced they will ban three U.N. agencies from operating in areas the militants control. Spate of Minneapolis killings seen as evidence of increasing Somali street gang activityMINNEAPOLIS — Ahmednur Ali’s family fled the chaos and violence of their East African homeland Somalia in the 1990s, eventually making their way to Minnesota like thousands of their compatriots. Somali insurgent group to try French hostages; official says gunmen kidnap 3 other foreignersNAIROBI, Kenya — Two French security advisers being held hostage in Somalia will soon be tried under Islamic law for alleged spying and “conspiracy against Islam,” a senior member of a rebel group holding the men said Saturday. Security official says gunmen kidnapped 3 foreign aid workers in Kenya, took them to SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Germany says hijacked cargo ship off Somalia has been releasedBERLIN — Somali pirates have released a German-owned cargo ship that they captured in the Gulf of Aden in May, the German foreign ministry said Saturday. Germany says hijacked cargo ship off Somalia has been releasedBERLIN — The German Foreign Ministry says Somali pirates who captured a German-owned cargo ship in May in the Gulf of Aden have released it and the crew is unharmed. Security official says gunmen kidnapped 3 foreign aide workers in Kenya, took them to SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Somali minister: Gov’t in talks with kidnappers of 2 French security advisersPARIS — The Somali government is negotiating with the kidnappers of two French security advisers taken hostage in Mogadishu earlier this week, a Somali minister told French TV. Somali terror suspect scheduled to return to court in Minneapolis for detention hearingMINNEAPOLIS — A Somali man from Minnesota who has been indicted on terrorism charges is scheduled to be back in federal court for a detention hearing. Prosecutors say Minn. Somali man had terror ties, but family claims he got in over his headMINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors portray a 25-year-old Minneapolis man accused of waging jihad in Somalia as a would-be terrorist who went so far as to help build a training camp. Somali minister says arrests have been made in kidnapping of French advisersMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali authorities have arrested suspects in the kidnapping of two French security advisers in the Somali capital, Somalia’s defense minister told French radio Wednesday. Somali minister says arrests have been made in kidnapping of French agentsMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s defense minister tells French radio that authorities have arrested suspects in the kidnapping of two French security advisers in the Somali capital. Global pirate attacks more than double in 2009 first half due to spike off SomaliaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Pirate attacks worldwide more than doubled in the first half of 2009 amid a surge of raids on vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the east coast of Somalia, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday. In Minneapolis, some weary Somalis hope indictments ease mistrust, fear wracking communityMINNEAPOLIS — Over the long months that federal investigators delved into the baffling recruitment of young men who left Minneapolis to fight with Islamic militants in Somalia, the city’s Somali community grappled with the fear they would all be branded terrorists. 2 French security advisers kidnapped by gunmen at hotel in Somalia’s capitalNAIROBI, Kenya — Two French security advisers on a mission to train Somali forces were kidnapped Tuesday at a hotel where they had checked in as journalists, officials and witnesses said. 2 French men kidnapped from a hotel in Somalia; were on mission to train Somali forcesNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen stormed into a hotel in the Somali capital on Tuesday and kidnapped two French security advisers on a mission to train Somali forces, officials said. Hotel manager say 2 foreigners kidnapped from a hotel in SomaliaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen stormed into a hotel in the Somali capital on Tuesday morning and kidnapped two French men who were working for the military, officials said. Eyewitnesses say 2 French journalists have been kidnapped from a hotel in SomaliaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen kidnapped two French journalists from their hotel in the Somali capital Tuesday, the hotel manager and an eyewitness said. Federal grand jury indicts 2 on terror charges in Minnesota missing Somalis caseMINNEAPOLIS — Two men are accused of supporting terrorism in a grand jury indictment unsealed Monday, the first charges in an investigation into the disappearances of several young Somali men who activists believe were recruited from the Minneapolis area by radical elements in Somalia. Somalia clashes subside, rebels and gov’t forces return to positionsMOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents have retreated from areas around Somalia’s presidential palace after a day of fighting that killed dozens of people and wounded about 150, witnesses said Monday. |
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