Posted by geguk, at 05:59PM 02/28/09 : Somali leader accedes to demand for sharia law
Note: Somali President Sharif Sheikh Hassan said Saturday he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic insurgents. tags: demand
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Posted by geguk, at 10:17AM 02/28/09 : Two rockets strike southern Israeli city
Note: Two rockets were fired Saturday morning from Gaza and landed in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, one of them hitting an educational institution and the other landing in an open area, the Israeli military said. tags: city
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Posted by geguk, at 03:25AM 02/28/09 : Obama to pull most troops from Iraq by 2010
Note: President Obama said Friday he plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010. "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," Obama said in a speech at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tags: by
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Posted by geguk, at 11:50PM 02/27/09 : Displaced Somalis return to Mogadishu
Note: More than 40,000 Somalis have returned to the abandoned neighborhoods of Mogadishu in the past six weeks, despite some of the heaviest fighting in months, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday. tags: mogadishu
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