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Somalia

Type: Country

Name: Somalia

population: 11,967,010

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First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 2 Documents

Raila Odinga

Kenya blast injures at least 28, 4...

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -At least 28 people were injured Monday, four of them critically, in an explosion in downtown Nairobi, according to Kenyatta National Hospital.Prime Minister Raila Odinga said he believed the blast was "act of terror," but hospital ... [ Published 3 hours ago by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Kenya, Raila Odinga, Nairobi, Dennis Onyango, Kenyatta National Hospital

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 Documents

Reer-guuraa (The Nomad)

Multicultural Arts VictoriaClick on thumbnails to viewDescriptionReer-Guuraa, or The Nomad, explores the culture, landscape and nomad life of Somalia.The exhibition will feature the works of two renowned Somali artists Adam Jama Ganei and Abdiqadir Ahmed, ... [ Published 10 hours ago by That's Melbourne ]

Entities: Nomad Group Bhd, Somalia, Displacement

First Reported May 27 2012 - Updated May 27 2012 - 1 Documents

Michael Skakel

(Following Advance for Use Thursday, June 7)

Today is Thursday, June 7, the 159th day of 2012. There are 207 days left in the year.Today's Highlights in History:On June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy, a "Creole of color," was arrested and fined for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana ... [ Published May 27 2012 by Sify ]

Entities: Michael Skakel, Singer–songwriter, Paris Hilton, Ken Osmond

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

New Delhi (India)

City celebrates Africa Day with dance, music

New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A night filled with mesmerising dance and music marked the Africa Day celebrations in the capital as artists from India and Africa took centrestage to commemorate 49 years of the continent's resurgence.The celebrations marked ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Indian Ocean, Horn of Africa, Somalia, New Delhi (India), Organization of African Unity

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Refugees flee as Somali rebel-held town falls

Al-Qaeda linked Somali fighters have vowed to intensify their war against the government and African Union troops, despite the fall of a key stronghold.Thousands have fled the town of Afgoye after government and African Union forces launched an operation ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Afgoye (Somalia), Somalia, Mogadishu

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 3 Documents

Al Shabab

Somalia seizes former rebel stronghold

MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 25 (UPI) --The AU Mission in Somalia supported Somali forces in a siege on the coastal city of Afgooye, a stronghold for militant group al-Shabaab.Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda said military forces were successful in capturing the town, ... [ Published May 25 2012 by UPI ]

Entities: Somalia, Al Shabab, Paddy Ankunda

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

African Union

Somali al-Shabab militants abandon Afgoye stronghold

afgoyeal-qaedaal-shababarmybbcbbc al-shabab>> MoreSomali Islamist militants have abandoned a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, which allowed them easy access to the city.Residents in Afgoye told the BBC al-Shabab fighters had left because ... [ Published May 25 2012 by UK Wired News ]

Entities: Afgoye (Somalia), Al Shabab, Somalia, Mogadishu, African Union

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Somalia forces gain ground on al-Shabab

Islamist fighters on the defensive in Lower Shabelle region as AU peacekeepers and Somali troops ratchet up pressure. ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]

Entities: Al Shabab, Somalia, Ratchet

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

100 Words: In Clarkston, Ga., A Modern-Day Ellis Island

100 Words is a series in which photographers describe their work, in their own words. Curated by Graham Letorney .Arbai Barre Abdi was one of nearly 13,000 Somali Bantu refugees who were resettled throughout the U.S. beginning in 2004. I met Arbai that ... [ Published May 24 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Refugees, Somalia, Refugee Camp, Public Broadcasting Service, National Public Radio

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Golis University Student Publishes A Book

(SL Times) – Nimo Faysal Mohamud, a civil engineering student at Golis University recently published a book. A reception in honor of the new author was held at in Hargeysa’s Summer Time Restaurant. Nimo Faysal Mohamud’s book deals mainly with the importance ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Somaliland Times ]

Entities: Muhammad Ibrahim, Hargeysa, Saeed Ahmed

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Somalis flee Afgoye advance by African Union troops

Thousands of Somalis are fleeing fighting as African Union forces advance on Afgoye, an Islamist stronghold near the capital, Mogadishu.The troops have advanced to within 10km (six miles) of the key town held by al-Shabab, an AU spokesman told the BB ... [ Published May 23 2012 by UK Wired News ]

Entities: Afgoye (Somalia), Somalia, African Union, Mogadishu, Al Shabab

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Rawlings visits Mogadishu and calls for credible transitional process

President Rawlings making his remarks at the handing over ceremony. In the background are some of the military vehicles.Ghana’s former President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has in a meeting with Somalia’s ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Myjoyonline.com ]

Entities: John Rawlings, Somalia, Mogadishu, Transitional Federal Government

Quotes

The prime minister said it was an attack "perpetrated by the same forces Kenyan security is fighting abroad."

Kenya blast injures at least 28, 4... [Channel4000 - 3 hours ago]

"There was a huge bang followed by people screaming and shouting" said one witness who declined to be named

Blast rocks Kenyan capital [Yahoo! Maktoob News - 6 hours ago]

In 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution stating "That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the BritishBritish Crown."

(Following Advance for Use Thursday, June 7) [Sify - May 27 2012]

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Blogs

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Charlie Kaufman and Catherine Keener Teaming Up... [ Published May 22 2012 by /Film ] Technically, HBO is television, no matter what their highfalutin slogan claims, but when they make room for wonderful ideas like this one I can kind of see their point. Charlie Kaufman and Catherine Keener , who last worked together on Kaufman’s ...
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Campaign music: Politicians are playing their song [ Published May 15 2012 by Pop & Hiss ] Barack Obama channel's Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together.' Mitt Romney leans on K'naan's 'Wavin' Flag.' If there's a politician, there's a song ready to blare. Like less charismatic hip-hop artists, politicians routinely repurpose other people's ...
TV: Newswire: VICE gets its own HBO show [ Published May 10 2012 by A.V. Club ] VICE 's evolution from being the magazine that makes you feel bad about your outfit to being the magazine that makes you feel bad about slave labor will continue its trajectory to a whole new level of self-righteousness, vaulting from its current ...
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