telegraph.co.uk - 10/29/2008
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At least three suicide car bombers struck at key targets including a UN compound in northern Somalia killing 19 people.
msnbc.msn.com - 11/1/2008
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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 ...
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Islamists Don’t Like The United Nations, Too
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... dozens of injuries, but an exact casualty figures were not immediately available.
“We are still counting the bodies,” said Ismail Adani, a spokesman for the government of the breakaway republic of Somaliland, where bombers hit the U.N. compound, the Ethiopian consulate and the presidential palace.
Goodness! Who could have done this? Maybe it was Buddists, Jews, or invaders from Venus, who are all known for their use of suicide bombers.
The UK Telegraph and Reuterspractice a bit of better journalism, not ...
I Guess Islamists Care Little For The United Nations, Too
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... officials said. There were deaths and dozens of injuries, but an exact casualty figures were not immediately available.“We are still counting the bodies,” said Ismail Adani, a spokesman for the government of the breakaway republic of Somaliland, where bombers hit the U.N. compound, the Ethiopian consulate and the presidential palace. Goodness! Who could have done this? Maybe it was Buddists, Jews, or invaders from Venus, who are all known for their use of suicide bombers. The UK Telegraph and ...
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