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(SomaliNet) Dozens of government supporters broke up a silent march by a small group of dissidents marking International Human Rights Day on Sunday, roughing up participants and calling them "mercenaries" and "worms." It was not immediately known if there were any injuries that r
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(SomaliNet) A senior leader of the governing Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Sunday called on Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas to resign, accusing him of being responsible for talk failure on national unity government.
Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas
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(SomaliNet) Typhoon Utor thundered out of the Philippines leaving six feared dead and thousands stranded on Monday after high winds and waves tore up power lines and communication links in the archipelago. Utor, a category 2 typhoon with gusts of up to 150 kph, was forecast to stre
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(SomaliNet) Three young children of a senior Palestinian intelligence officer were killed Monday in a drive-by shooting in a street crowded with hundreds of schoolchildren, an unprecedented attack that could ignite widespread factional fighting.
The gunmen pumped dozens of bulle
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(SomaliNet) Police detained 10 suspected al-Qaeda militants, including a lawyer who identified himself as the group's leader in Turkey. The 10 were detained in simultaneous raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. It was not reported when the operations took place.
The group was und
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(SomaliNet) Vietnam is bracing for typhoon Utor, a little more than a week after a tropical storm left 82 people dead and thousands of people homeless, officials reported Monday. "Utor is a dangerous typhoon," said Bui Minh Tang, director of the National Hydrometeorology Forecast
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(SomaliNet) A nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for financing insurgents and possessing bombs escaped from prison Saturday in northern Iraq with the help of a police officer, authorities said.
The escape by Saddam's nephew underlined one of the problems facing the
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(SomaliNet) Soldiers patrolled Bangladesh's towns and cities on Sunday to end weeks of often violent opposition protests, a deployment that prompted unease over the country's democratic future. Opposition protests to demand electoral reforms have left at least 30 people dead over
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(SomaliNet) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam say 10 civilians were killed by army artillery shells in their eastern territory, on top of 15 they say died on Saturday when Sri Lankan artillery fire hit two camps behind rebel lines in the northeast.
Children were among dozens
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(SomaliNet) It is highly likely that terrorists will attempt to mount an attack in Britain over the holiday period, the country's top law and order official said on Sunday. Home Secretary John Reid said the threat of an attack in Britain remained severe, but gave no details of any
