 Insurgents fired mortars at three areas where Ethiopian troops hold strategic positions in Somalia's capital on Thursday, leaving at least four civilians dead, witnesses said.One mortar fell near Mogadishu's Bakara market, killing three civilians and wounding five others, said Abdi Haji Nuur, who owns a spare-parts shop in the area. Nearby Ethiopian troops returned fire with artillery, witnesses said.At the sea port, where Ethiopian troops are living, a mortar fell on the beach near to where a group of children were swimming, killing one and wounding six, traditional elder Muridi Mayow said as he was taking the children to the hospital."The children were hit as they were swimming. They are from the other parts of the city so we do not know their identity," he said....
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 Egyptian woman dies of bird flu |
A 37-seven-year-old Egyptian woman has died of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 13. The woman, Nadia Abdel Hafez, came from Fayyoum - an area well known in Egypt for poultry breeding. Reports from Egypt say she kept poultry in her home. Egypt has the largest known number of human cases of bird flu outside Asia. Most of those who have contracted the virus have died. The latest fatality is the second this month in Fayyoum. Of the 12 people who have died from the illness in Egypt, 11 have been women. Women and girls are often responsible for looking after poultry in Egypt. The virus has been detected in at least 19 of the country's 26 provinces. ...
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| Chad may face genocide, UN warns |
The violence in Chad could turn into a genocide similar to that in Rwanda in 1994, the UN refugee agency has warned. The UNHCR says the killing tactics from neighbouring Darfur in Sudan have been transported to eastern Chad in full. The warning comes as Chad, Sudan and the Central African Republic signed a deal not to support rebels attacking each other's neighbouring territory. African Union head, Ghana's President John Kufuor, said they seemed ready to agree to an AU/UN border peace force. "They seem to be ready to accept a beefed-up force from the African Union and the United Nations to take control of the borders among them," Mr Kufuor told reporters at the French-African summit in Cannes where the declaration was signed. ...
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| Indonesia Agrees So Share Bird Flu Virus With WHO in Exchange for Affordable Vaccine |
Indonesia agreed to resume sharing its bird flu virus with the World Health Organization Friday under condition that developing countries will have equal access to an affordable vaccine, officials from both sides said. The country hardest-hit by bird flu is worried that large drug companies will use its H5N1 strain to make vaccines that will be too expensive for developing nations in the event of a global pandemic that could kill millions. Jakarta drew criticism earlier this month when it said it would withhold samples of its bird flu virus from WHO unless an agreement was reached on commercial development of a vaccine. "The (health) minister has assured the WHO they would not hold WHO hostage to the virus," David Heymann, a top WHO bird flu official, said after talks Friday in the Indonesian capital with Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari and other senior government officials about the vaccine row. "They will share the virus for global public health services."...
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| At Least 112 Somalis, Ethiopians Die in Capsized Smuggling Boat Off Yemen |
More bodies washed ashore after a smuggling boat carring Somali and Ethiopian migrants to Yemen capsized in the Gulf of Aden this week, bringing the death toll to at least 112, a Yemeni official said Friday.The boat was among a group of four boats carrying migrants trying to make a treacherous night crossing from theHorn of Africa to Yemen, a U.N. official and a Yemeni human rights activist said.When the boat capsized late Monday, smugglers in the other boats forced their passengers to jump into the sea so the smugglers could return quickly to their departure point, said the human rights activist, whose group helped survivors from the capsizing. The activist spoke on condition his name and organization not be identified because he feared problems with the government....
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| 6 Inches of Ice Close Pa. Highways In Northeast, Midwest, cleanup continues after winter weather onslaught that left 15 dead |
A thick layer of ice kept major highways closed Friday morning, a day after hundreds of drivers became stranded on a hilly stretch of eastern Pennsylvania that had been hit by a monster storm.National Guard troops used Humvees to ferry in food, fuel and baby supplies on Thursday to the lines of motorists caught in a 50-mile traffic jam on Interstate 78. Friday morning, the troops were busy towing away the remaining vehicles while road crews struggled to melt ice that had built up four to six inches in places.Some drivers were angry that they had been let on the road at all. State police didn't close all the entrance ramps to I-78 until around 5 p.m. Thursday, more than 24 hours after cars and trucks started getting caught. They also closed sections of I-81 and I-80, to help keep the area clear....
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