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africa.reuters.com - 10/29/2008
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(Recasts with death toll, adds Ethiopian govt) By Hussein Ali Noor HARGEISA, Somalia, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A wave of suicide bombings killed at least 28 people across northern Somalia on Wednesday in attacks that snatched attention from political crisis talks taking place in neighbouring Kenya. ...

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msnbc.msn.com - 11/1/2008
Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death - Africa
— msnbc.msn.com — > MOGADISHU, Somalia - A 13-year-old girl who said she had been raped was stoned to death in Somalia after being accused of adultery by Islamic militants, a human rights group said. Dozens of men stoned Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow to death Oct. 27 in a ... (more) Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death - Africa

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'Gang-Raped Girl Stoned By Mob'
news.sky.com - 11/2/2008
'Gang-Raped Girl Stoned By Mob'
— news.sky.com — A girl who said she was gang raped has been stoned to death in Somalia for alleged adultery, a human rights group has said. (more) 'Gang-Raped Girl Stoned By Mob'

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Suicide bombers target UN in Somalia
telegraph.co.uk - 10/29/2008
Suicide bombers target UN in Somalia
— telegraph.co.uk — At least three suicide car bombers struck at key targets including a UN compound in northern Somalia killing 19 people. (more) Suicide bombers target UN in Somalia

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Islamists Don’t Like The United Nations, Too
Pirate's Cove — ... and Reuterspractice a bit of better journalism, not blaming the attacks on Islamists, since no one has taken credit as of yet, but, notices that Islamists have been the main source of attacks recently, and the most likely culprits. ...

I Guess Islamists Care Little For The United Nations, Too
Stop The ACLU — ... and Reuters practice a bit of better journalism, not blaming the attacks on Islamists, since no one has taken credit as of yet, but, notices that Islamists have been the main source of attacks recently, and the most likely culprits.

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