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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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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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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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8/8/2011 2:12:50 PM
Turkey airlifts fifty tonnes of aid material to famine struck Somalia
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World
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International
8/5/2011 11:41:48 AM
UN officials say that Somali rebels inhumanely block men who flee drought and forcibly recruit them, while women and children who escape on their own can face attack and rape
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World
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International
8/2/2011 3:15:48 PM
600,000 in Uganda are estimated to be prone to moderate food insecurity in addition to the current 12.4 million in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti that are already facing insecurity in the worst drought faced in 60 years
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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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7/27/2011 11:45:56 AM
Aid groups are racing against time to deliver humanitarian aid to huger-stricken Somalia while the World Food Programme continued its efforts in airlifting 14 tonnes of food for victims of drought
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World
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7/26/2011 1:02:44 PM
UN aid planes hampered in Kenya amid hopes that aid will have reached Somalia by Wednesday
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Sports
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World
7/26/2011 12:50:07 PM
Chelsea's misfiring striker Fernando Torres on Tuesday swatted away fears over his form since his £50 million ($82 million) switch from Liverpool, vowing to end his goal drought in the new season
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World
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Africa
7/25/2011 11:31:17 AM
A catastrophic drought in the Horn of Africa demands "massive and urgent" action from the international community, the UN food agency's chief said Monday as emergency talks opened on the crisis
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7/22/2011 2:55:31 PM
Somali rebels revoke previous pledge to allow the UN World Food Program to deliver aid, while the UN agency remains adamant about delivering food to the famine stricken areas
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World
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International
7/21/2011 8:27:52 PM
The World Food Programme is to start flying aid into Magdishu, examines fastest ways to deliver food to drought stricken areas
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World
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International
7/21/2011 3:38:13 PM
The United Nations has called an emergency meeting on July 25 to discuss mobilising aid for drought-stricken east Africa, where famine has been declared in parts of Somalia
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7/19/2011 4:08:06 PM
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil El-Arabi calls for support for those affected by Somali drought
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World
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7/18/2011 1:54:49 PM
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World
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Africa
7/16/2011 12:25:39 PM
The plight of millions of drought-stricken people across the Horn of Africa is set to worsen, with rains expected only later in the year and harvests months away
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7/15/2011 3:40:02 PM
Thousands of Somalis have fled in recent months to neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food and water as the region suffers what the UN has described as the worst drought in decades
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Business
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Economy
7/10/2011 10:29:51 AM
Purchase is Egypt's first for a year following a lengthy ban on Russian exports after a severe drought decimated wheat crops last summer
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World
7/2/2011 10:59:00 AM
Argentina, bidding to end a trophy drought going back to 1993, kicked off the 43rd Copa America with a disappointing 1-1 draw with minnows Bolivia at La Plata outside Buenos Aires
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