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US has no plan to 'Americanize' Somalia conflict (Deepika)

WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (Reuters) The United States denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to ''Americanize'' the conflict.

20 killed in inter-clan clashes in central Somalia (Press TV)

Clashes between rival clans have left at least 20 people dead in the Mudug region of central Somalia, where sub-clans of the Hawiye tribe are battling over water and land.

Seventeen dead in Somalia land clashes (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Fighting between rival clans in Somalia left at least 17 people dead on Saturday, most of them militiamen, with bodies littering the streets of one village, elders said.

French navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (The Star)

BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on Saturday.

French navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters * Naval officers hand over 22 pirates, holding 11 others * Pirates attempt to hijack German cargo vessel (Adds details, colour) By Abdiqani Hassan BOSSASO, Somalia, March 13 (Reuters) - ...

French Navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)

BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on Saturday.

French Navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters * Naval officers hand over 22 pirates, holding 11 others * Pirates attempt to hijack German cargo vessel By Abdiqani Hassan BOSSASO, Somalia, March 13 (Reuters) - French navy officers handed ...

U.S. denies military intervention in Somalia (People's Daily)

The United States on Friday denied intervening in the military operation by the Somali transitional government on the extremists, saying it has no desire to "Americanize" the conflict in Somalia. "We have provided limited military support to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). We do so in the firm belief that the TFG seeks to end the violence in Somalia that is caused by al-Shabaab and ...

Diversions of Food Aid in Somalia (New York Times)

The integrity of the World Food Program’s operation to feed the hungry in Somalia is questioned in your article citing allegations of food aid diversion based on a leaked United Nations report (“ Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, U.N. Study Finds ,” front page, March 10).

US has no plan to 'Americanize' Somalia conflict (Deepika)

WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (Reuters) The United States denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to ''Americanize'' the conflict.

Press Releases: U.S. Policy in Somalia (U.S. Department of State)

U.S. Policy in Somalia Johnnie Carson Assistant Secretary , Bureau of African Affairs Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador to the UN Mission in Rome Washington, DC March 12, 2010 MR. DUGUID: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the State Department. We are here for a special briefing by Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson and Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, who is our ...

U.S. has no plan to "Americanize" Somalia conflict (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to "Americanize" the conflict.

U.S. has no plan to 'Americanize' Somalia conflict (AlertNet)

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia's embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to & ...

Media Statement Regarding Expected United Nations Somalia Sanctions Committee Report (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

NAIROBI, Kenya, March 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York Times carried a front-page story on March 9 saying that a report is forthcoming from the UN Somalia Sanctions Committee alleging large-scale diversion of the UN World Food Program (WFP) humanitarian aid effort. An advance copy of the report was leaked to the Times by unknown parties perhaps seeking to build external support for the ...

No respite in Somalia capital (Gulf Times)

Reuters/Mogadishu Somalia’s Al Shabaab Islamist fighters attacked government positions near the president’s palace in a third day of fighting as the death toll hit 60, residents and a human rights group said yesterday.