US welcomes Somali parliament
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The United States Monday welcomed the formation of a transitional parliament in Somalia, an African nation beset with ethnic violence and factional fighting.
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MPs choose a new speaker, bringing Somalia's first national government in 13 years a step closer.
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Members of Somalia&#39;s new transitional Parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing its first national government since 1991.
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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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Hussein Aideed , front right, son former Somali warlordMohammed Farah Aideed smiles, Thursday, Oct 7, 2004 during a debate of Somali presidential candidates ahead of Sunday&#39;s presidential elections in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Gordon Brown welcomes the US secretary of state for talks on bolstering support for the war in Afghanistan.
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Somalia's Islamic militia invited U.S. government leaders on Thursday to visit the capital, Mogadishu, the city where 18 U.S. troops on a peacekeeping mission to the East African nation were killed in 1993.
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NAIROBI, Sept. 20 -- A U.S. diplomat on Thursday dismissed widespread criticism of Somalia's recently concluded national reconciliation conference, saying it represented a "milestone" in the country's attempt to form its first viable government since 1991.
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Ethiopia's parliament voted on Thursday to let the government take "all necessary" steps to rebuff any invasion by Somalia's Islamists amid reports Ethiopian troops on Somali soil had died in a land mine blast.
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Text of press release by Voice of America on 12 February  Voice of America has launched its new Somali-language radio programme.  The new half-hour programme will air in Somalia seven days a week on AM, FM and shortwave radio.
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The US House of Representatives late Monday gave final passage to the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, which will expand peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Sudan and will punish those found to have committed genocide there.
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The first Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in Somalia's capital early Tuesday to provide protection for the still struggling transitional government and to allow for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops who intervened in the country.
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The United States on Thursday condemned as "irresponsible" a threat by Somalia's Islamist movement to attack Ethiopian troops backing the Horn of Africa nation's interim government unless they leave within days.
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Somalia's parliament votes for a new president  in a bid to restore government to their lawless nation.
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The following guide updates the edition published on 29 January 2007. The "Other broadcasts from abroad" section now includes details of a new Somali-language radio service from the Voice of America (VOA) being launched on 12 February, and reaction to this news from a pro-Islamist website.
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The first African Union peacekeepers arrive in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, from Uganda, officials confirm.
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Somalia&#39;s parliament has approved Mohammed Ali Gedi as the country&#39;s new prime minister, nearly two weeks after rejecting his nomination.