Somalia starts implementing martial law
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Somalia's interim government began imposing martial law in areas under its control, the prime minister said, as rising violence threatens its tenuous grip on power.
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Somalia's government offers an amnesty to members of the Islamist movement ousted from power last December.
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China declared martial law in part of a central province after at least seven people were killed, 42 injured and numerous houses set ablaze in clashes between minority Muslims and Han Chinese, officials said on Monday.
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A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991.
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China declared martial law in part of a central province after several people were killed and numerous houses set on fire in clashes between minority Muslims and ethnic Han Chinese, residents and officials said on Monday.
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Somalia&#39;s newly chosen president, Abdullahi Yusuf, has pledged to disarm militias and do all he can to bring security to the war-torn Horn of Africa country.
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Guinean President Lansana Conte declared martial law in the West African country on Monday after unions resumed a general strike against his 23-year rule and at least nine people were killed in violent protests.
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Residents of the town housing Somalia's interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation.
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A headless statue of a soldier stands guard at the entrance of Somalia's "City of Death" &#151; a fitting monument in a place once more stalked by war. An Islamic movement, accused of having al-Qaida terrorists in its ranks, and a new U.N.-backed government struggling to end 15 years of anarchy are vying for control of this nation and girding for battle.
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Military officials from Burundi were in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday to prepare the long-awaited deployment of peacekeepers.
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Somalia&#39;s new president Abdullahi Yusuf is calling for outside help to restore security to the war-torn Horn of Africa country, which has been without a central government for 13 years.
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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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Somalia's interim government and rival Islamists are to begin key talks on the country's future.
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Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China&#39;s central Henan province after deadly clashes between China&#39;s ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.
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The airport in Somalia's capital is attacked with mortars as the first African Union peacekeepers arrive.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country&#39;s first national government since 1991.
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Somalia's first parliament for 13 years is expected to be sworn in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Sunday.