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Fierce Fighting Between Meles Zenawi's TPLF Mercenary Troops and Somali Insurgents Rocks Mogadishu (news.bbc.co.uk, 08/10/07) "Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has been rocked by the sound of fierce fighting during a two-hour gun battle between insurgents and government forces. A BBC correspondent says the sound of the clashes echoed across the city, leading to widespread fear. The heavily armed insurgents attacked a military base and a police station with mortars and heavy machine guns. At least three civilians have died. This is the most serious fighting since a reconciliation conference began." RELATED STORY: Amnesty International Urges Release of Somaliland Political Prisoners (uk.reuters.com, 08/09/07)

Unseen by Western Hysteria, Darfur Edges Closer to Peace (guardian.co.uk, 08/10/07) "....Sudan does not deserve the demonisation it is subject to from the Darfur lobby. It is no more authoritarian than Egypt, the west's darling, or Libya, the emerging new favourite. Looking east, Ethiopia and Eritrea are equally undemocratic or worse. But, unlike those countries, the Sudanese regime has signed an internationally supervised agreement to permit multiparty politics and free elections for the first time since it came to power in a 1989 coup. It must be held to that."

Extreme Floods Hit 500 Million People a Year (uk.reuters.com, 08/10/07) "....Floods increased from 60 to 100 per year in that time span and in 2007 some 70 serious floods have been registered, including in Sudan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Colombia. Changes in weather patterns were documented on Wednesday by the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization, which noted natural disasters hit the poor hardest. Heat waves were above average in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. And the Arabian sea near Oman had it first ever documented cyclone, WMO said."

129 Killed in Ethiopia Floods (herald.co.zw -afp- 08/09/07) "ADDIS ABABA. AT least 129 people were killed overnight in flash floods in eastern Ethiopia after an intense, sudden downpour pounded the region, sweeping away many in their sleep, police said yesterday. "So far 129 people are confirmed dead. We are still looking for more on the outskirts of the city and all along the river from the north to south," Inspector Beniam Fikru, a top police official in Dire Dawa region, said. The region lies about 500 kilometres east of the capital Addis Ababa. 
Ethiopian security forces, aid workers and residents, who scoured for survivors and bodies, said several thousand civilians were displaced and others reported missing in the Addis Ketema, Genfele, Coca Cola and Aftessa areas, which lie adjacent to the township."

Insurgency Endangering Somali Civilians (newsday.com -ap- 08/09/07) "MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mohamed Hussein heard the grenade explode and he froze. Hussein, 39, knew what was coming next because he has been through it before: gunfire arriving from every direction as soldiers frantically tried to kill the person who had thrown the weapon. When the shots finally stopped, Hussein saw four bloodied corpses, all of them civilians caught in the crossfire. It's a tragic, common story in this capital, where streets are marked with blood and the sight of burned-out cars is common. Nearly 3,000 civilians have died since December as Islamic insurgents launched a guerrilla war against the government and its Ethiopian military backers, human rights groups say." RELATED STORY: Why Somalia Has Been in Incessant Strife? (people.com.cn, 080907)

British Resident Cleared to Leave Guantanamo (nytimes.com, 08/09/07) "MIAMI (Reuters) - One of the five British residents London wants freed from the Guantanamo prison camp has already been cleared for release but will not be sent to his native land because of fears he would be abused there, a Pentagon official said on Thursday. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband sent a formal request to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday for the release of five Guantanamo captives who had legally resided in Britain before their detention but are not British citizens."

In Africa, Beyond Humanitarianism (washingtonpost.com, 08/09/07) "Africa has risen steadily in importance to the United States in recent years. Traditionally, Africa has been thought of primarily as an object of humanitarian concern. That perception has been highlighted by popular figures, such as Bono, Bob Geldof, George Clooney and others, focusing public attention on Africa's poverty, conflicts and major diseases. Africa has further captured worldwide attention due to the conflict in Darfur. Because the United States has judged the Sudanese government's campaign in the region to be genocide, the conflict has taken on enormous moral importance."

Somali Officials Deny Selling Oil Rights (voanews.com, 08/08/07) "Officials with Somalia's transitional government are promising not to begin searching for oil until after parliament adopts a new petroleum law and their shattered country achieves peace. But as Nick Wadhams reports from Nairobi, new evidence suggests they are looking to carve up oil rights. Last month, the Financial Times reported that President Abdullahi Yusuf had awarded Prime Minister Gedi and his staff are promising not to sign any deals until a natural resources law is enacted. Parliament is scheduled to consider the bill this week."

The Tigrean People's Liberation Front Regime Says it Killed 502, Captured 170 Ogaden Rebels (africa.reuters.com, 08/08/07) "ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had killed more than 500 rebels and captured 170 in the past two months during an offensive in the volatile but energy-rich Ogaden region bordering Somalia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) dismissed the statement as an attempt by the government to lull oil companies interested in the region into a "false sense of security", and urged foreign firms to stay away. The local president of Ogaden, Abdullahi Hassan Mohammed, said Ethiopian security forces had killed 502 ONLF fighters in a two-month military campaign against the "terrorists." "Rebel activities in the region... have been eliminated," he added in a statement. But the ONLF, which carried out a deadly attack on a Chinese-run oilfield in the area in April, said the government was trying to hide the fact that it had lost control of Ogaden." RELATED STORY: Ethiopia Rebels Warn Oil Companies to Stay Away (africa.reuters.com, 08/08/07)

Burundi Once Again Delays Somali Deployment of Her AU Contingent Troops (news.bbc.co.uk, 08/07/07) "Burundi has again delayed the planned deployment of 2,000 troops to Somalia, as part of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. The soldiers are ready to go but communications and transport equipment promised by the US and France had not arrived, an army spokesman said. Just 1,600 Ugandans are in Somalia of the planned 8,000-strong AU force."

Meles Zenawi Claims His TPLF Troops Killed 200 Somali and Oromo Insurgents/Elders in the Ogaden (mg.co.za, 08/07/07) "Ethiopia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said government troops had killed 200 rebels and captured hundreds in the restive predominantly Somali southern region of Ogaden over the past month. "Over 200 anti-peace elements have been killed by the military," the ministry said in a statement, adding that militants had "been destroyed ... in a successful operation". "All the elements belonged to the ONLF [Ogaden National Liberation Front], OLF [Oromo Liberation Front] and al-Ittihad," the ministry said." RELATED STORY: The Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Regime Claims Gains Over Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) Rebels (voanews.com, 08/07/07)

ANALYSIS-Somalis Still Talking, But Peace Elusive (uk.reuters.com, 08/07/07) "MOGADISHU, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Critics may say Somalia's national recoonciliation conference has little concrete to show half-way into the six-week meeting of 2,000 delegates charged with dragging the Horn of Africa nation out of anarchy. Big players are missing, and no accords are yet struck. But after braving a barrage of verbal threats and physical attacks near the venue, those inside the heavily fortified old police garage in north Mogadishu would argue the mere fact that they are still talking is a huge achievement in itself." RELATED STORY: U.N. Envoy Makes Surprise Somalia Visit (newsday.com -ap- 08/07/07)

UK Asks U.S. To Free Residents From Guantanamo (nytimes.com, 08/07/07) "LONDON (Reuters) - Britain asked the United States on Tuesday to release five British residents from Guantanamo Bay in a change of policy that may signal Prime Minister Gordon Brown is taking a more independent stance from Washington. Foreign Secretary David Miliband sent a formal request to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the release of the five men, who were legally resident in Britain before their detention but are not British nationals. The decision marks a shift from the policy of former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, which secured the release of all nine British citizens held at the U.S. prison camp in Cuba but maintained it was not responsible for detainees of other nationalities who had simply lived in Britain." "...Britain said it was seeking the release and return to Britain of Shaker Aamer, a Saudi national; Jamil el-Banna, who is Jordanian; Omar Deghayes, a Libyan; Binyam Mohamed from Ethiopia; and Abdennour Sameur, an Algerian."

Row Sparked by US Tour of 3.2m-Year-Old Lucy (Dinknesh) Skeleton: TPLF Gangsters Raid Ethiopian National Museum Under Cover of Darkness and Smuggle the Fossil Out of the Country (guardian.co.uk, 08/07/07) "The 3.2m-year-old Lucy skeleton, one of man's earliest ancestors, has been taken out of Ethiopia, where it was discovered, for a controversial six-year US tour that scientists have warned will expose the fossil to a high risk of damage. Scientists at the Natural History Museum in Addis Ababa arrived at work yesterday to find that the remains had been quietly removed from the vault. Several staff members were also gone, reportedly bound for Texas with the [artefact]." RELATED STORY: Ethiopians Fret as "Lucy" Skeleton and 190 Other Heritage Items Heads to U.S. (uk.reuters.com, 08/07/07)

Two Bombs in Ogaden Region of Ethiopia 1 killed, Wound 8: Meles Zenawi's Agents Blew Up a Church Just Like They did a Year Ago in Wellega to Incite Religious Conflicts (uk.reuters.com, 08/06/07) "ADDIS ABABA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - One civilian was killed and eight wounded in two bomb blasts in Ethiopia's remote Ogaden region, officials said on Monday, as Ogaden rebels and the government blamed each other for the explosions. "Two suspects have been arrested," said a spokesman for Ethiopia's information ministry who declined to be named. He said the attacks, which occurred on Sunday, targeted a marketplace and a church in Ogaden's capital Jijiga. A senior adviser to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi accused the separatist Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) of staging the blasts to discredit the government."

Meles Zenawi's Mercenary Troops Kill a Man During Somalia Weapons Search (newsday.com -ap- 08/06/07) "MOGADISHU, Somalia - Ethiopian troops conducting a house-to-house search for weapons opened fire Monday, killing one civilian, after gunmen threw hand grenades at soldiers, witnesses said. Somalia's fragile government has tried a voluntary program to get arms out of the hands of civilians. But the program has not had much success in a city torn by anarchy and bloodshed in the past 16 years. "Ethiopians opened fire. I saw one dead woman who had a small shop in the area," said resident Mohamed Osman Abdi." RELATED STORY: Explosions Rock Mogadishu as Soldiers Search for Weapons (voanews.com, 08/06/07)

Billed as the Best, Gebrselassie Holds True to Form (nytimes.com, 08/06/07) "Haile Gebrselassie stormed out of hilly Central Park and separated from his two competitors a few blocks down Seventh Avenue. When he reached the strangely serene Times Square at 7:35 yesterday morning, Gebrselassie — an Ethiopian who is considered the world’s greatest distance runner — was alone and more than halfway to victory in the NYC Half-Marathon. He allowed himself to look up and around. “Yesterday I was there, it was many cars, it was very crowded,” Gebrselassie said after the race. “Today — wow — only spectators, and the road was open. “Ah,” he added, laughing, “that’s what I want.”" RELATED STORY: FIFA Says Only 18 African Nations Have Safe Stadiums (nytimes.com, 08/06/07)

Meles Zenawi Engages in Secret Talks With Islamists, Looking for a Way Out of the Quagmire He Created (shabelle.net, 08/04/07) "Mogadishu 04, August.07 ( Sh.M.Network)- The leaders of Somalia's routed Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian government have reportedly been having undisclosed dialog, according to Asharqalawsat, the Arabic online newspaper based in London. The paper reported that no results have yet to come out from the secret talks. An Islamist leader, who asked to remain anonymous, confirmed that Ethiopia and Somalia's Islamists were negotiating, but he did not say if the talks have been done through telephone or meeting, Asharqalawsat said."

Isaias Afeworki Dismisses Extension of UN Border Mission (news.yahoo.com -afp- 08/04/07) "