Somalia
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U.N. declares Somali famine over for now -
NAIROBI, Feb 3 - An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia for now but food stocks could run out again in May, the United Nations said Friday.
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Somali regions no longer famine stricken - U.N. -
An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Somali captors move US hostage after SEAL raid -
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened Thursday to kill him after U.S. Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid that raises questions about ...
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U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates -
American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.
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Gunmen kidnap western foreigner in central Somalia -
Gunmen kidnapped a western foreigner in central Somalia's Galmudug region on Saturday, local government and military officials said, adding that they believed the assailants had been the man's own guards and might be linked to a pirate gang.
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Bomb blast kills six in Somali capital -
A bomb blast Thursday killed two Somali policemen and four refugees close to a camp for displaced people in the capital, Mogadishu, the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia said.
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In Somalia, fears over US wire transfer block -
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali officials said Friday they are pleading with U.S. authorities to persuade banks to reconsider a decision to block money transfers from Minnesota's Somali community to relatives in this Horn of Africa nation, ...
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U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon Pays Visit to Somalia -
Ban Ki-moon promised to relocate the United Nation#x2019;s political office for Somalia to Mogadishu next year, though other United Nations officials were skeptical.
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Kenyan and Somali troops attack militant bases -
Kenyan and Somali troops jointly attacked al Shabaab hideouts in Somalia on Thursday, killing a number of militants, and a Kenyan soldier was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol elsewhere along the border warzone, officials said.
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Bomb destroys Kenya police car in refugee camp -
A remote-controlled bomb blew up a police vehicle escorting a U.N. convoy in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp near the border with Somalia on Tuesday, the second such incident in the camp this month.
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U.N. convoy hits landmine in Kenya's Dadaab camp -
A Kenyan police jeep escorting U.N. vehicles struck a landmine in the country's Dadaab refugee complex near the border with Somalia Saturday, police said, underscoring the mounting threats facing aid groups and refugees in the camp.
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Kenya warns of attacks on 10 Somali towns -
Kenya's military warned the residents of 10 towns in Somalia on Tuesday, including the port city of Kismayu, Baidoa and Afgoye near the capital Mogadishu, that they "will be under attack continuously.".
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Kenya Planned Somalia Incursion Far in Advance -
The Kenyan government revealed that its foray against Islamist militants was not simply a response to a wave of kidnappings, as previously claimed, but to keep violence from spilling across its border.
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