Egypt border police kill African migrant, hurt two Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:28am EDT   ISMAILIA, Egypt, June 28 (Reuters) – Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant and wounded two others, including a 15-year-old, at the Israeli border on Sunday, security sources told Reuters. The killing is the second of an unarmed migrant on Egypt’s border with Israel in less than a week. The... 

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Background Briefing on U.S. Assistance to the Somalia Transitional Federal Government Background Briefing by a Senior Department Official Washington, DC June 26, 2009   SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL:  Thank you all very much for coming this afternoon.  I know that many of you are very interested in what is happening in Somalia today, and most particularly interested in the... 

2 hours ago ADDIS ABABA (AFP) — Eritrea on Saturday slammed the United States for providing weapons to Somalia’s beleaguered government in its battle against Islamist insurgents. Washington announced on Thursday that it was sending the Horn of Africa nation an "urgent supply" of weapons and ammunition at the request of Mogadishu as armed groups closed in on the transitional... 

Ross to pen CBS Films thriller Action thriller ‘Disavowed’ produced by Irwin Winkler By Jay A. Fernandez Hollywood Reporter June 24, 2009, 10:00 PM ET Michael Ross has come aboard to write the action thriller "Disavowed" for CBS Films. Irwin Winkler ("Home of the Brave") is producing the film, originally written by Philip Shelby, about a group of military... 

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs By Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jun 26, 2009, 22:49 The Spokesman of the State Department announced yesterday that the United States will deliver a new consignment of arms to a "government" that is devoid of any legitimacy and whose control does not extend beyond few neighborhoods in Mogadishu. The... 

State Department Briefing by Ian Kelly, June 25, 2009 Thursday, 25 June 2009 22:01 Press Release Latest National News   Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. EDT MR. KELLY: Okay. Listen, just a few things at the top if you don’t mind. Secretary Clinton worked from home this morning. I think you know she has a meeting with the President this afternoon... 

US Congressional Hearing Examines Military, Political Situation in Somalia By Dan Robinson Washington 26 June 2009   Islamist insurgent fighters near Mogadishu, 1 Jun 2009 (VOA) The violent and unstable situation in Somalia was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday. Testimony by officials from Somalia, the United Nations and the... 

 Michael Jackson, shown March 5, 2009, was set to play 10 live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July."  Michael Jackson, shown March 5, 2009, was set to play 10 live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July. (Joel Ryan/Associated Press)   Pop star Michael Jackson, who bridged the gap between black soul and white pop music, has died in Los Angeles, according to media reports.... 

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