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20 children among dead in Connecticut school massacre
Young children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters) 27 killed, including gunman, at school; 1 other adult found dead at 2nd crime scene ...
Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s Travel to Somalia
On November 4, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman visited Mogadishu, Somalia to meet with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud, Speaker of ...
South China Sea: Beijing attacks US ‘trouble-making’
HONG KONG — Chinese state media have hit out at US “trouble-making” on the South China Sea, two days after Beijing summoned a US diplomat ...
New cold-war brewing between US and China – Australian academia
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith in New Delhi – (Photo/TopNews) CANBERRA — An arms race between the United States and China – reminiscent of the ...
LONDON 2012: US coach expresses concern over Ye Shiwen’s gold collections
Ye Shiwen waves after winning the gold medal and setting a new world record in the women’s 400m Individual Medley during the Swimming competition held ...
Afghanistan becomes first country to map its mineral deposits
The U.S. Geographical Survey has now mapped some 70 percent of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth. KABUL — Afghanistan has become the first country in the world ...
KENYA: US ambassador to Kenya resigns citing differences with Washington
Scott Gration was formerly the US special envoy to Sudan (AFP/File, Ashraf Shazly). NAIROBI — President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Kenya announced his resignation on ...
SOMALIA: Kenya seeks U.S. and NATO aid against al Shabaab
File photo of Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Amolo Odinga, on March 8, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels (CNN). NAIROBI — Kenya’s prime ...
U.S. Threatens Somali Officials With Sanctions
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, the United States threatened to sanction any Somalis who hinder a planned political transition. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, ...
BREAKING NEWS: US official, Johnnie Carson arrives in Mogadishu
Seen here: Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs meets Somaliland’s former foreign minister in Washington DC in 2010 MOGADISHU — he ...
US offers $33 million in bounties for Somali Islamists
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will offer up to $33 million in rewards for information about top members of an Islamist extremist group in Somalia ...
High School student takes stand against tribal violence in native Somalia
Fowziyo Jama will graduate from Casco Bay High School on Thursday night. Jama, who intends to study cardiology at Emory University in Georgia, developed a ...
Syria massacre in Houla condemned as outrage grows
This image – which cannot be independently verified – is believed to show the bodies of children in Houla awaiting burial DUBAI — Western nations ...
IOM warns Somalis against migration lottery scam
NAIROBI — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is advising the Somali public to ignore migration scammers following recent complaints about random request for money. ...
Russia builds up troops on Iran border as West plans its invasion
WASHINGTON -– The Russian military anticipates that an attack will occur on Iran by the summer and has developed an action plan to move Russian ...
Donald Rumsfeld Congratulates Somaliland on its Independence Day
CHICAGO — A delegation of Somaliland Community leaders of Chicago including Samir Bare Awgab and Awale Warfa Nur met with the former U.S. Secretary of ...
20 Years After Secession, Somaliland Still Seeks Recognition
HARGEISA — The U.S. Representative of the de facto country of Somaliland says it is about time for the international community to officially recognize Somaliland ...
Beyond The Failed State: Time To Recognise Somaliland
While the attention of the World continues to focus on North Africa and the Middle East, other conflict stricken countries fall ever further down the ...
United States praises Somaliland for conducting real democracy
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — With international observers describing last week’s presidential elections in Somaliland as “free and fair”, the United States government on Wednesday praised the ...
U.S. court indicts Israeli suspected of arms trade with Somaliland
BURAO (Somalilandpress) — Florida prosecutors suspect Hanoch Miller attempted to bypass a UN resolution and U.S. law, both of which have an embargo on weapons ...
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