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U.S. strike targets al-Qaida in Somalia
Jan 8 2007 11:29PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military launched a strike against several suspected members of al-Qaida in Somalia, a government official said Monday night.
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Somali president arrives in capital
Jan 8 2007 11:28PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's interim president entered the restive capital Monday for the first time since his election as the U.S. military attacked suspected members of al-Qaida aligned with the former Islamic rulers who retreated from Mogadishu.
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Richardson urges Sudan to allow U.N. in
Jan 8 2007 10:48PM (CT)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday pressed Sudan President Omar al-Bashir to open the wartorn Darfur region to U.N. troops, part of a global push for an elusive peace in the African nation.
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Analysis: Somalia may fall back to chaos
Jan 8 2007 2:07PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Militiamen haunt Somalia's streets again, warlords have moved back into their mansions and the internationally backed government doesn't have the police or troops to maintain the peace.
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Islamic jungle hideout near capture
Jan 8 2007 7:10AM (CT)
KISMAYO, Somalia (AP) - A jungle hideout used by Islamic militants that is believed to be an al-Qaida base was on the verge of falling to Ethiopian and Somali troops, the defense minister said Monday.
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About 75 people die of Rift Valley fever
Jan 8 2007 5:18AM (CT)
GARISSA, Kenya (AP) - About 75 people have died in Kenya of Rift Valley fever during the past three weeks and another 183 are infected with it, according to a senior health official.
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