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OPT: Consolidated appeal for 2009 focuses on food
Consolidate   Food   Humanitarian   Photos   Sanitation		  IRINnews 
OPT: Consolidated appeal for 2009 focuses on food
web Photo: UNRWA JERUSALEM, 30 November 2008 (IRIN) - Food aid accounts for over two thirds of the 2009 US$462 million requested by UN agencies and NGOs to fund humanitarian aid programmes in the... (photo: WN / James D.)
Somali government troops guard detain an Oromo ethiopian separatist fighter loyal to Somalia´s Islamic Court Union, in Baidoa, Somalia, Wednesday Dec. 13, 2006. The man is suspected of spying and planning suicide bombings, said General Mohamed Wars
Culture   Peace   Photos   Politics   Social		  Voa News 
Somalia's Transitional Government Fears Withdrawal of Ethiopian Troops
Officials in Somalia's transitional federal government are expressing deep concern about the future of the government after its chief military backer and political ally, Ethiopia, announced its... (photo: AP/Jerome Delay)
** FILE ** Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army during a meeting with a delegation of 160 officials and lawmakers from northern Uganda and representatives of non-governmental organizations in this Monday, July 31, 2006 file picture in Congo near the Sudan border.  News24 
Uganda urges Kony to sign deal
Kampala - The Ugandan government on Friday urged elusive rebel leader Joseph Kony to sign an overdue peace agreement but voiced doubts the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief would show up for the... (photo: AP File / )
Conflict   Kampala   Peace   Photos   Uganda   africa
Two Somali children with their belongings ride on the back of the donkey near the central Somali town of Buur on the road from Baidoa to Mogadishu to escape fighting, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006. Ethiopia launched an attack Sunday on Somalia´s powerful I  The Columbus Dispatch 
Young Somalis in U.S. vanish
MINNEAPOLIS -- Young Somali men in Minneapolis have disappeared in recent months, and some members of the Somali community in the Twin Cities fear the youths are being recruited to return to their... (photo: AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
Insurgents   Photos   Somalia   Terrorism   US
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Mogadishu Somalis watch as Ethiopian troops on their trucks, as they make their way to the former American Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Dec. 29, 2006. The leader of Somalia´s Islamic political movement vowed Friday to continue the fight a Star Tribune
Ethiopia says it will withdraw its troops from war-ravaged Somalia by the end of the year
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopia announced Friday that it will withdraw its forces from Somalia by the end of the year, leaving this country's weak and fractured government... (photo: AP/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
Africa   Conflict   Ethiopia   Photos   Somalia   Troops
The Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Sirius Star is at anchor Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. The Saudi-owned very large crude carrier was hijacked by Somali pirates Nov. 15 about 450 nautical miles off the coast of Kenya and forced to proceed to anchorage near Harardhere, Somalia. Canada Dot Com
Tanker owner likely to pay ransom: Lloyds chief
LONDON - The chairman of Lloyd's insurance says it is "highly likely" the owners of a Saudi tanker seized by Somali pirates would pay the ransom demanded for its release.... (photo: US Navy / 2nd Class William S. Stevens)

Maritime   Photos   Piracy   Ransom   Somalia
Mwai Kibaki Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Kibaki heads for Doha summit
Written By:PPS    , Posted: Fri, Nov 28, 2008 President Mwai Kibaki leaves the country Friday for a three day official visit to Doha, Qatar to attend... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Doha   Kenya   Photos   Politics   Qatar
In this image released by U.S. Navy, the crew of the Ukrainian MV Faina stand on the deck following a U.S. Navy request to check on their health and welfare, off Somalia's coast Sunday Oct. 5, 2008. The ship is carrying 33 battle tanks, military weapons and 21 Ukrainian and Latvian and Russian hostages. One Russian has reportedly died, apparently of illness, during the 11-day standoff. The pirates are demanding US$20 million ransom, and say they will not lower the Canada Dot Com
Ransoms spur piracy, shipping firm CEO says
BRUSSELS - Shipping companies that quietly pay pirates' ransoms to recover crew and cargo are only spurring more hijackings, the chief executive of leading Belgian... (photo: AP / U.S. Navy, Jason R. Zalasky, HO)
Brussels   Industry   Maritime   Photos   Piracy   Somalia
Members of the Islamic militia pose with their guns, Friday, Oct. 27, 2006 during an anti-Ethiopia rally in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. In more than 40 towns and villages across southern Somalia on Friday, thousands took to the streets after calls fro Denver Post
Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia by end of year
MOGADISHU, Somalia—Ethiopia said Friday it would withdraw its troops from Somalia by the end of the year, leaving most of the country in the grip of Islamic... (photo: AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)
Ethiopia   Photos   Politiocs   Somalia   Troops
Classes continue at the Darshaad Girl's Secondary School in Aden, Yemen as contractors work to add a third floor to the building. The addition will lower classroom sizes and increase the quality of education available at the area's only secondary school f IRINnews
In Brief: IRIN wins award for Yemen coverage
web Photo: IRIN NAIROBI, 28 November 2008 (IRIN) - IRIN has won an award for its reporting on girls' education [Move to promote girls' education - September 2008 ] and... (photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Brian E. McElaney, USMC)
Award   Education   Girls   Photos   Rabat   Yemen
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, center, shakes hands with opposition leader Raila Odinga, right, as former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, looks on, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008 in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since their dispute over a presidential vote sparked nationwide violence that left hundreds dead, and both promised to work for peace Kibaki calls for concerted efforts to curb piracy Kenya Broadcasting Corp
DADAAB, Kenya -- Workers from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and CARE gather bundles of shelters and mosquito nets that have been dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo plane onto a field in rural Kenya. The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction BBC News
Some of the eight suspected Somali pirates when they appeared before the Mombasa, Kenya, Chief Magistrate Catherine Mwangi , Wednesday, Nov.19 , 2008 to be charged with piracy. The pirates were not immediately charged as their charged had not been prepared. The suspects were returned to the cells awaiting to be charged.In an impoverished country where nearly every public institution has crumbled, pirates have transformed local economies in pirate dens like Haradhere and Eyl in northern Somalia, pumping money into areas where there had been little more than fishmongers and women selling mangoes by the seashore for the past 20 years. Piracy a growth industry in Somalia The Australian
Science & Technology
Mr. Gary French, a technician with the US Army Visual Information Center, loads a compact disk into his computer, while working at his multimedia workstation, inside the Electronic Imaging Graphic Service Divison. Location: US warned of Chinese cyber, space threats Independent online (SA)
A section leader from the Sudan Liberation Army, center, wearing a captured Sudanese officer´s uniform with three stars, and other rebels are pictured along the Chad-Sudan border on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007. Attacks on civilians and aid groups have Rebels, Sudanese troops clash in Darfur NZ Herald
Kenya Kenya to offer scholarships to support EAC integration Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Media
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. talks at a rally at American Airlines Overhaul Base hanger at Kansas City Faimly's new fame brings perks and problems to president-elect's relatives in Africa. Austin American Statesman
Filipino workers stay outside a Coca-Cola building in Ulas, Davao City, Philippines Coca-Cola Launches First Fruit-Flavored Malt Drink Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Alicia Keys CNN Heroes tribute airs Thanksgiving night CNN
Africa Travel
Beau Vallon Beach- seychelles, jsa1 Tourism partners learn how to penetrate Middle East Nation
England captain Michael Vaughan looks out from the team balcony as bad light stops play during the second day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground, London, Friday May 16, 2008. James Lawton: Like us, sport has to exist in shadows of terror The Independent
Tourists stroll by Sphinx at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids Join the world literature tour to Egypt The Guardian
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