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Somali reaction to al-Shabab sentences mixed

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:33:49 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Wide-ranging sentences handed down in the yearslong federal investigation into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group al-Shabab have kindled a mix of outrage, confusion and relief among members of Minnesota's large Somali community.

Kenya police kill "terror couple"

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:22:19 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.

Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:08 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's

Sentences continue in Minn. Somali terror case

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:02:30 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Two men who left Minnesota to join al-Shabab in Somalia were sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison, while a man they characterized as a local leader in efforts to recruit them to the terrorist group was sentenced to 12 years.

US appeals panel ponders: what is a pirate?

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:34:46 -0400

RICHMOND, Virginia - In the violent world of piracy, Mohammad Saaili Shibin was a multilingual negotiator based in lawless Somalia, working his cellphone to negotiate multimillion-dollar ransoms for merchant ships and sailors that dared to venture into pirate-infested international waters off Africa.

Correction: Somaliland-Rapes story

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:21:51 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a story May 12 about rapes in a region of Somalia known as Somaliland, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Somaliland declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1960. Somaliland declared independence in 1991.

Sentencings approach in Somali terror case

Fri, 10 May 2013 18:44:21 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - Nine people convicted in a government investigation of terror recruitment and financing for an al-Qaida-linked group in Somalia are to be sentenced this week in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:19:18 -0400

LONDON - International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering security, justice and financial institutions in the conflict-scarred east African nation.

Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:22:20 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - In a story April 29 about a report estimating the number of Somalis who died in the country's 2011 famine, The Associated Press erroneously reported that about half of the 260,000 victims were age 5 and under. Instead, half of the victims were under the age of 5.

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:22:24 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful development that leaders meeting in London on Tuesday want to see more of.

Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:46:40 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.

No hijacking by Somali pirates in nearly a year

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:05:14 -0400

UNITED NATIONS - The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they haven't been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a year, the chair of the global group trying to combat the pirates said Thursday.

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:54:13 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - A decision by extremist Islamic militants to ban delivery of food aid and a "normalization of crisis" that numbed international donors to unfolding disaster made south-central Somalia the most dangerous place in the world to be a child in 2011.

Kenya court: 2 Iranians guilty of terror plot

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:20:28 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - Two Iranian nationals, whom officials accused of planning to attack Western targets inside Kenya, were found guilty Thursday by a Kenyan court of terror-related charges.

Veterans hike Appalacian Trail as a chance to heal

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:22:06 -0400

WATERVILLE, N.C. - During their first full day on the Appalachian Trail, they hiked into a severe thunderstorm that brought hail and tornado warnings. Nighttime temperatures dipped into the teens, and as they crossed the Georgia-North Carolina line, they encountered snow drifts two feet deep.

Danish, Filipino hostages freed in Somalia

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:04:24 -0400

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more than two years after their ship was attacked by pirates were released Tuesday, the Danish government said.

Somali region executes 13 people by firing squad

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:25:43 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - An official in a semiautonomous region of Somalia says the government has executed 13 prisoners, including a woman.

Murdock: U.S.-Mexican border welcomes terrorists

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:37:34 -0400

NEW YORK - By DEROY MURDOCK

Journalist killed in Somali capital; 5th this year

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:49:04 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali radio station editor says unidentified gunmen have shot dead a journalist in Mogadishu, the fifth to be killed in the country his year.