The DNA result of the government approved lab in Canada says that Suad Haji Mohamud, the Canadian citizen of Somali orgin, whose passport had been illegally destroyed by the Canadian High Commission in Kenya is 99.99% positive.
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The 16 crew and Italian-owned T/B BUCCANEER with its two barges were released yesterday, Sunday evening, at around 19h30 local time after a fine was paid and they are now on their way to Djibouti, escorted by an Italian naval vessel.
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Guadalajara, Mexico – Canada is working with America and Mexico in the fight against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced at the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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Fighting between Somali government soldiers and Islamists has on Saturday morning erupted in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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"I am more than happy to say that all 24 crew members have now undergone proper medical attention," Torsten Ites, a senior naval officer in the European Union's anti-piracy Operation Atalanta, told a news conference in Mombasa. "The pirates took everything, including toothbrushes," Cmdr. Torsten Ites told journalists in Mombasa, but was mum on the ransom.
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The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is to support livelihood and environmental protection programmes for local Kenyan communities in Dadaab, says a senior UN official.
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Lack of access has prevented the United Nations from delivering food to 500,000 of its planned 3.3 million beneficiaries in Somalia over the past month, principally in Mogadishu and the south of the battle-scarred country.
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Following little change in June, employment declined by 45,000 in July, with losses in both full- and part-time work. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.6%, as fewer people participated in the labour market.
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Somalia's president says meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents a "golden chance" for his war torn country.
Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed says the meeting this week is a signal that world governments are serious about supporting Somalia.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy announced in March 2009 that France would rejoin NATO’s unified military structure, more than 40 years after Charles de Gaulle walked out in protest at US domination. Following confirmation by the National Assembly, despite an angry debate, the reintegration was formally approved in early April at the NATO summit in Strasbourg, commemorating the alliance’s 60th anniversary.
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