Thousands of Somalis reach Kenya
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Some 2,000 Somalis cross into Kenya in just two days, as the UN says it is struggling to cope.
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About 100 Ethiopian troops crossed the border into Somalia on Saturday, witnesses said, the latest sign that Ethiopia might try to bolster this country&#039;s weak interim government as an Islamic militia gains increasing power.
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ELDORET, Kenya  - Thousands of President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu tribe were fleeing the Rift Valley on Wednesday, running across the wastes of an ethnic battleground few Kenyans can believe is their country.
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Rival militias massed on the northern edge of Somalia&#039;s lawless capital Saturday, prompting hundreds to flee their homes amid fears that another surge of violence was imminent in this Horn of Africa country, witnesses said.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces with machine   guns mounted on pick-up trucks took over the strategic Somali   port of Kismayo overnight on Monday without firing a shot,   extending their grip on the south, witnesses said.
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Ugandan soldiers landed in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, the first African Union peacekeepers to arrive in the city where the interim government and its Ethiopian allies face almost daily guerrilla attacks.
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International mediators are arriving in Kenya to help end the political standoff after last week's disputed vote.
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The UN says it is struggling to cope with the flow of Somalis into Kenya - with 2,000 arriving in just two days.
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About 500 Ethiopian troops were  spotted in Somalia on Wednesday along a main supply route to  the government stronghold in Baidoa, as rains and floods  stalled a feared march to war in other parts of the country.
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After ethnic clashes leave at least 15 dead, thousands flee their homes in Kenya's Rift Valley.
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People flee areas attacked in the Somali capital as moves to deploy peacekeepers are stepped up.
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An African Union mission arrives in the Somali capital to assess security despite a protest against foreign troops.
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At least 90,000 people have returned to Somalia's beleaguered capital after the heaviest fighting in more than 15 years ended last month, the United Nations said Friday.
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About 1,000 people are fleeing Somalia's  capital Mogadishu every day and political instability is making  it increasingly hard to deliver aid, a United Nations official  said on Friday.
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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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Six heads of state, dozens of dignitaries from almost all continents, and Somalis from every walk of life were on hand to witness the swearing-in of Somalia&#39;s new president.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Oct. 23 -- Somalia's newly elected president, Abdullahi Yusuf, has asked the African Union to send 20,000 peacekeepers to disarm militias controlling his lawless Horn of Africa country, a spokesman for the organization said Saturday.