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International
8/23/2011 11:01:08 AM
African leaders will meet Thursday to pledge funds to tackle the famine in Somalia and extreme drought across the Horn of Africa which are putting millions of people at risk of starvation
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World
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8/22/2011 2:35:26 PM
Pledge follows Turkish prime minister's visit to the famine-afflicted country last week
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World
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8/19/2011 4:13:19 PM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will open a new embassy in famine-hit Somalia after meeting with his Somalian counterpart
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World
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8/19/2011 12:27:32 PM
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in Mogadishu to witness the devastation of a severe drought that has left some 12 million people in the Horn of Africa facing starvation
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World
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8/18/2011 2:12:12 PM
The United Nations has officially declared famine in parts of Somalia for the first time this century
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8/17/2011 10:58:46 AM
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency meeting of foreign minister in Istanbul to dicuss the drought and famine crisis in Africa
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8/16/2011 3:46:08 PM
An insurmountable number of children are dying of malnutrition and disease in the Kobe refugee camp of Ethiopia, currently holding 25,000 Somalis
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Business
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Economy
8/16/2011 10:05:11 AM
New figures show food prices climbing 33 per cent in the year to July, while low stocks and fluctuating oil costs may mean worse is to come, says the international body
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8/13/2011 11:14:06 AM
Beneath the soaring arches of the bombed out ruins of Mogadishu's Roman Catholic cathedral, desperate families fleeing extreme drought and famine put up huts of rag and plastic for shelter
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Life & Style
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Health
8/12/2011 2:58:29 PM
The UN warns that cholera epidemic in somalia may spread as thousands flee famine in the south
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Sports
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World
8/11/2011 3:46:16 PM
Football's governing body said Thursday it will donate $1 million to the international Red Cross to support its famine relief efforts in Somalia
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World
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Region
8/9/2011 11:12:25 AM
The Somali government offers an open amnesty to Islamist Shebab militants following their retreat from Mogadishu this week
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Region
8/8/2011 2:12:50 PM
Turkey airlifts fifty tonnes of aid material to famine struck Somalia
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International
8/6/2011 2:25:17 PM
While Somalia is gripped with famine, Islamist forces battling the government have retreated from some positions in Mogadishu
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8/5/2011 4:12:14 PM
Turkey calls member-states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the famine crisis in Somalia
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International
8/5/2011 1:36:36 PM
China says it pays 'close attention' to a catastrophic famine in the Horn of Africa after top US House Democrat Nancy Pelosi urged it to adopt such orientation
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International
7/31/2011 1:02:29 PM
Pope Benedict XVI calls the international community not to be "indifferent" to famine crises in the African Horn
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World
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7/28/2011 12:44:28 PM
Residents in drought-stricken areas struggle to reach camps providing aid as Islamist militants Al-Shabab violently try to prevent the outflow of people but debate among themselves whether to accept Western assistance
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World
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International
7/24/2011 11:36:07 AM
UN emergency official Cristina Amaral believes that hunger crisis in Somalia is immoral"
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World
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7/23/2011 1:29:53 PM
Aid agencies are unable to reach more than two million Somalis facing starvation in the famine-struck Horn of Africa country where Islamist insurgents control much of the worst-hit areas, the U.N.'s food agency said on Saturday
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