Bomb kills top Somali sports officialsSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Six people died in the blast, carried out by a female bomber, Somali U.N. official says NEW: Somalia's prime minister suffered minor injuries in the blast, he says Head of the Somali football federation, Somali Olympic committee chief were killed The Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the…
Somali suicide blast caught on tapeSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: FIFA head Sepp Blatter pays tribute to two national sports officials killed in the blast The head of the Somali football federation and the Somali Olympic committee chief lost their lives The Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack via Twitter The bomb was detonated by a…
Bomb kills top Somali sports officialsFrom Mohamed Amiin Adow, For CNN April 4, 2012 -- Updated 1349 GMT (2149 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: The Islamist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack via Twitter The bomb was detonated by a female suicide bomber, African Union Mission in Somalia says The head of the Somali football federation and…
Somalis stretcher away a man wounded in a blast at the Somali National Theater in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, April 4, 2012. A suicide blast during a ceremony at Somalia's newly reopened national theater on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including two of the country's top sports officials, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor)Somalis stretcher…
Bomb kills top Somali sports officialsFrom Mohamed Amiin Adow, For CNN April 4, 2012 -- Updated 1142 GMT (1942 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSHead of Somali football federation, Somali Olympic committee chief died in the blast Bomb struck during anniversary celebration of Somali national television in Mogadishu Witnesses reported other casualties, but it was unclear how many (CNN)…
Official: British man arrested in SomaliaBy the CNN Wire StaffMarch 27, 2012 -- Updated 1357 GMT (2157 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe British suspect came to Somalia without a visa, an aide to the president says He told Somali authorities he wanted to help Islam, the aide said The UK Foreign Office says it is looking into the…
Car bomb hits Somali capital By Mohamed Amiin Adow, For CNN March 21, 2012 -- Updated 1038 GMT (1838 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTSBlasts target K-4 square, which connects the airport to the city center Four suspects are in custody, including one who had a remote control detonator African Union troops are stationed near the square because of…
Scores dead as Ethiopian forces clash with militants in SomaliaFrom Mohamed Amiin Adow March 11, 2012 -- Updated 0928 GMT (1728 HKT)Al-Shabaab recruits walk down a street in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu after their graduation Monday.STORY HIGHLIGHTSAl-Shabaab fighters ambush Ethiopian forces A Somali commander says 86 militants are dead Al-Shabaab says 73 soldiers died…
<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120223014212-file-islamists-somalia-fighting-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Hard-line Islamist fighters exchange gun fire with Somalian military forces in Mogadishu in the summer of 2009. Somalia has been without any functioning government since 1991 -- perfect territory for different militia and factions to fight over the bones of the old state." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" style="margin:0 auto;" width="640"/>Hard-line Islamist fighters exchange gun…
<img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120223014212-file-islamists-somalia-fighting-horizontal-gallery.jpg" alt="Hard-line Islamist fighters exchange gun fire with Somalian military forces in Mogadishu in the summer of 2009. Somalia has been without any functioning government since 1991 -- perfect territory for different militia and factions to fight over the bones of the old state." border="0" height="360" id="articleGalleryPhoto001" style="margin:0 auto;" width="640"/>Hard-line Islamist fighters exchange gun…
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