Somalis make case to be president
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Twenty-eight candidates seek support from MPs to be Somalia's new leader ahead of elections on 10 October.
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Before Shugofa Beheshti decides who to vote for in Afghanistan's Oct. 9 presidential election, she wants to hear what the candidates have to say.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 18 -- Somalia's interim president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a suicide car bomber struck outside the parliament building, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.
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Somalia has long been a paradise for free enterprise. But its stability depends on establishing a central authority &#8212; and a month after ruling Islamists were ousted, the prospects are dim
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Somali officials began counting votes  cast by lawmakers Sunday in a presidential election aimed at  returning national government to the chaotic Horn of Africa  state for the first time in 13 years.
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Twenty-eight candidates are approved to contest next week's elections to be Somalia's new leader.
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NAIROBI, 15 October (IRIN) - Eastern and central African leaders said on Friday they would recognise &quot;with immediate effect&quot; the new government in Somalia, which will be led by the newly elected President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and urged the UN to send a
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MOGADISHU -- The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia said yesterday he will rule according to Islamic law, a surprising announcement in an area that has resisted the spread of Islamic militants who control much of the country's south. Puntland President General Addeh Museh did not cite a reason for his decision, but it comes amid increasing fears ...
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MOGADISHU/LONDON  - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Thursday he would hold a national reconciliation conference soon that would be open to all clans in the country, still racked by violence after a December war.
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Islamists and opposition leaders meet in Eritrea to forge a common front against Somalia's government.
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The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia vowed Tuesday to resist the expansion of Islamic militants as more fighting was reported in the chaotic East African nation.
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A group of Somali lawmakers met powerful Islamists in their Mogadishu stronghold after leaving the temporary capital because of growing security fears since last month's assassination attempt on the president.
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afrol News, 14 October - Somalia&#39;s first President in 13 years, Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf, has taken his oath in a Nairobi ceremony and Somalia yesterday was re-granted its voting rights at the UN.
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Somali presidential candidate Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, left, stands next to an unidentified election official, just after he had taken an oath on the Quran to abide by the election results, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004
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afrol News, 23 August - In Mogadishu, large crowds of Somalis celebrated the formation of the country&#39;s first parliament in 13 years.
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The African Union could have troops in the Somali capital in a few weeks to help set up the new Somali government.
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President Abdoulaye Wade sought to win a second seven-year term in office Sunday, facing off against 14 challengers as voting began in an election to decide who will lead one of Africa's most stable democracies.