World-News

First drone strike in Somalia reported to have wounded senior al-Shabab militants.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/30/us-drone-strikes-somalia



The new African land grab

Foreign investors, with the World Bank, are acquiring vast tracks of land in Africa - at the expense of local farmers.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/06/201162884240129515.html



US attack kills dozens in Somalia

Dozens of al-Shabab fighter have reportedly been killed after the US military used remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicles to target their bases in southern Somalia.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/187978.html



Yemen facing humanitarian crisis and needs urgent international aid says UN

10,000 Yemeni families are not getting enough to eat because the political turmoil has driven up prices of food and fuel, cost people their jobs and crippled the country s oil industry.

http://bit.ly/niPP0J



Russia slams NATO war on Libya

Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has slammed NATOs war on Libya, saying it has reached a 'stalemate' and caused a large number of civilian deaths in the North African country.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/188038.html


From Information Clearing House

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US Expands Its Drone War
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/07/01



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Somalia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lavrov
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=humanitarian
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=al-Shabab
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=drone
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rupert+Cornwell
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