At least 30 Somalis, Ethiopians drown off Yemen: UN
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At least 30 Somali and Ethiopian migrants drowned when a smuggler's boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, adding it was checking reports the death toll was as high as 78.
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A group of 78 Eritreans being deported home from Libya by air on Friday hijacked their plane and diverted it to Khartoum in Sudan where they surrendered, a senior United Nations official said.
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Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands as the nationwide death toll from weekend tidal waves reached nearly 7,000.
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More than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned at sea in separate incidents off Yemen, Turkey and the Canary Islands so far this month, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
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Islamists from Britain, Sweden and Pakistan are killed in joint US-Somali operations, Somali officials say.
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About 200 African would-be immigrants are dead or missing after two boats they were travelling in sank off the coast of Yemen on the weekend, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said Tuesday.
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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis need immediate relief aid in coastal towns hit by waves whipped up by the Asian earthquake, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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The bodies of nearly 50 Africans trying to immigrate washed up on Yemen's shores Saturday after their boat capsized in the treacherous waters of the Gulf of Aden.
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At least 30 civilians were killed in a massacre in eastern Congo believed to have been a reprisal for the killing of three renegade soldiers by a pro-government militia, the United Nations said Friday.
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Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in Andaman and Nicobar islands on Tuesday as the nationwide death toll from weekend tidal waves reached nearly 7,000.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A veiled woman and two other suicide bombers exploded cars outside the base of Somalia's weak government yesterday, killing eight people after Ethiopia took another step toward war with its Islamic rivals in the country.
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More than 3,000 people have been displaced since the end of August by violence in an area of North Darfur state in Sudan, a United Nations report said on Sunday.
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Pirate attacks are increasing off the coast of East Africa, disrupting the flow of food and medicine to Somalis in desperate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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Up to 380 Afghan civilians have been killed in fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan and international forces this year, the United Nations said Monday.
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A fishing town in northeastern Somalia was nearly demolished by a tsunami from Indonesia's devastating earthquake, and 500 families are living in unhealthy conditions while sheltering in huts built from debris, U.N. officials said Wednesday.
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Raging flood waters killed at least nine people, including five sleeping children, overnight as a third week of heavy rains pounded southern Somalia, bringing the death toll to at least 89.
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More than 3,000 people have been  displaced since the end of August by violence in an area of  North Darfur state in the troubled western region of Sudan, a  United Nations report said on Sunday.