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World
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International
9/5/2011 2:11:09 PM
Inadequate response to famine crisis places 750,000 people at risk of death in the next four months as famine spreads to a new region in Somalia, according to the UN
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World
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Region
9/5/2011 11:28:01 AM
Somalia's leaders open a national reconciliation conference in the war-shattered capital, seeking a better future after the failure of the UN-supported transitional government
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Egypt
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Politics
8/28/2011 2:44:06 PM
The main focus of the visit will be the Nile Basin and the situation in Sudan, Libya and Somalia
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World
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Region
8/27/2011 12:51:17 PM
There has been a jump in the number of Somalis hit by famine, instability and high food prices who are fleeing to Yemen instead of other countries in the drought-ridden Horn of Africa region
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World
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Region
8/24/2011 4:56:43 PM
Famine in Somalia is set to spread to two southern regions, the top UN humanitarian aid official warned
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World
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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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Region
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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Region
8/20/2011 2:28:48 PM
Somali pirates hijacked a tanker managed by an Indian firm with 21 Indian sailors on board on Saturday while it was being loaded at a port in the Gulf state of Oman
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World
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Region
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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International
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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Region
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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World
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Region
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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World
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Region
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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World
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International
8/16/2011 1:55:40 PM
The World Food Program says it has no plans to reduce aid to Somalia following allegations that international food shipments there are being diverted to the market
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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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World
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Region
8/15/2011 2:57:51 PM
All the parties to Somalia's conflict have violated war rules and are guilty of causing civilian casualties in their fight for territorial control
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World
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Region
8/15/2011 12:23:10 PM
The hijacked Iranian bulk carrier by Somali pirates has been released after 18 months of capture
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World
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Region
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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