The Dutch authorities have launched an investigation into the possible involvement with terrorism of four Dutchmen arrested by the police in Kenya earlier this week.
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US Congressman Donald Payne snubbed Somaliland foreign minister, Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, and met with Dr. Mohamed Omer- foreign secretary of Somaliland’s opposition KULMIYE party in Washington DC.
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Nine international aid agencies have highlighted the “urgent need for separation between humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia” in a letter to John Holmes, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs with the United Nations (UN) in Somalia.
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General merchandise stores either held their market share steady, or increased it, across all 10 commodity groups in 2008. This was a turnaround from 2007, when they lost market share in 6 of these groups.
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Gross sales of gasoline decreased 0.7% to 40.6 billion litres in 2008. The decline marks the first drop in fuel consumption since 2005.
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Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 0.5% in May, a faster rate of decline than in the previous three months. Over the last four months, the goods-producing industries have contributed the most to the decrease in real GDP, while the output of the service sector has remained essentially unchanged.
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Total non-farm payroll employment fell by 64,000 in May, down 0.4% from April, bringing total losses to 423,900 since the peak in October 2008. The proportion of industries experiencing job losses edged down in May to 63%.
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Since last Friday a series of blockades of boats transferring immigrants to detention camps in the Greek province of Macedonia have erupted in battles between antiracist protesters and the police.
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European Union foreign ministers have wrapped up their meeting in Brussels. A major concern was the rising violence in Somalia. Foreign ministers have agreed to increase efforts to help stabilize the country.
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US-American secretary of state plans to hold talks with the Somali president in an attempt to embolden the Mogadishu government in the lawless Horn of Africa state.
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