Somali Islamic leader issues war decree
Dec 21 2006 2:55PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia is in "a state of war," the country's Islamic leader said Thursday, as bodies lay in the streets of strategic villages where U.N.-backed government troops fought advancing Islamic forces.
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Foreign oil facilities in Nigeria seized
Dec 21 2006 2:24PM (CT)
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Armed men attacked two foreign oil facilities in southern Nigeria on Thursday, and both shut down production following the assaults in the restive, oil-rich region. Royal Dutch Shell PLC, which came under attack earlier this week, began evacuating families of foreign workers, citing worsening security.
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