Elite commandos storm lawless Somali war zone to snatch tribal leader

Are Kenyans seeking a buffer zone in Somalia?

Kenyan air strikes kill 41 in Somalia

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US flies drones from Ethiopia to fight Somali militants

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Somalia: State building as if people mattered

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Islamist militants rally against Kenya

French warships hit Somalia coastline


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Relief efforts in Somalia falling short

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Official: Al-Shabaab leaders contact Kenya to negotiate

Kenyan motives in Somalia predate recent abductions (Gettleman, NY Times)

U.S. Worries Grow Over Al-Qaida's African Presence

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Is the west helping Kenya on Somalia?

French forces shell Somalia

Cholera: 214 more children die in Somalia

East African nations back Kenyan offensive in Somalia (Voice of America)

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Kenya: Region backs operation against Somali militants (BBC)

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Civilians flee Mogadishu in lull between clashes

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Kenya army says it’s closing in on rebel-held town in Somalia where ground battle is expected

Famine crisis remains dire in Horn of Africa

Kenya's advance in Somalia surprises US officials

War on al-Shabaab: Kenya joins forces with Somalia (Video)

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Kenya incursion in Somalia threatens rescue of kidnapped workers

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Heavy rains slow Kenyan army's hunt for militants inside Somalia

Kenyan officials make surprise visit to Somalia

Kenyan troops 100km inside Somalia

BBC: Q & A- Who are Somalia's al-Shabab

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Why Somalia

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Somalia militants threaten Kenya with suicide attacks

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AmeriCares delivers 1.2 million in medical aid for Somalia

Al-Qaeda tries a new tactic in Somalia: philanthropy

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Stability, peace aid relief efforts, China Daily

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels

Kenya to hunt down abductors in Somalia

Video: Somalia's children dying in record numbers

East Africa: UN bill would restrict U.S. response to the Horn of Africa crisis (Congressman Donald M. Payne is Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. He represents the 10th district of New Jersey.)

Packing up home: Mogadishu residents flee warfare

Somalia: Militant Strongholds Captured

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Thousands displaced as fighting flares in Mogadishu

Government forces take control of new bases in Mogadishu

Somalia: pro-government forces and militants engaged in heavy fighting

Newsweek: Famine Devastates Somalia

Thousands protest Al-Shabaab attack

TFG and ANISOM capture key ground in Mogadishu

Suna Times: Somalia report weekly newsletter

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Jolie-Pitt foundation donates 340k to expand famine victim health services

UNHCR despair at Southern Somalia feuding

Can Somalia's Islamist militants retake Mogadishu?"

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ICRC begins food distribution in Islamist-controlled areas"

Somali PM says suicide attack shows Al-Shabab 'weakness'

ICRC announces new food distribution in Somalia

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Clooney supports anti-poverty campaign

Somalia bombings point to militants' grim goals

Rescue workers scramble to help victims of truck bombing

Better US response to Somalia famine could fix misperceptions

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September 28, 2011: The US is setting up two more bases for its Predator and Reaper UAVS, in order to keep an eye on Islamic terror groups in Somalia, ..."

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Burt Kimmelman interviews Michael Lally

Toni Simon and Nick Piombino read from Stacy Doris' The Cake Part (final version of the video)

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Video of Alan Davies' inaugural reading at the University of Windsor -he will have a year long residence there

First official statement from the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement"

Somali famine: taxes contributed to food shortages

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Can computers replace scientists?

Shirin Neshat: The Fall, a video on the famine in Somalia

75 die of hunger, cholera in Somalia

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AU forces in Somalia get 3000 troop boost

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Al shabaab launches offensive in the South

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From playground to battleground: children on the front in Somalia

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Time.com: Will we really let 750,000 starve to death?"

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Done hits in Yemen and Somalia

World must act fast on Somalia
"Lt. Colonel Paddy Ankunda: ON return to Somalia for my second tour of duty in April this year, I did notice one basic truth; much had changed. I had been to Somalia in 2007 as part of the first Ugandan Battle Group of 1,600 soldiers. At that time, we had a vague idea on how we would go about supporting the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) largely based in Nairobi and Jowhar"...

Somalia: Statement to the human rights council

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President Sharif calls for Somaliland to to be united with country

UN reports gains in fight against Somalia's famine

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Knaan returns to Somalia after 20 years

Famine claims 66 lives in Somalia

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NGOs to world: put lives before politics in Somalia

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Kal Penn: It's time to ignore the paralyzing cynicism and get engaged

Prime Minister of Somalia's statement: General Debate of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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China pledges more support to relieve African food crisis

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The long arms of al Qaeda

World Bank bolsters aid to famine struck horn of africa

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Fighter planes are to target Al-shabaab leaders

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Recent gains provide hope to advance Somali peace process

Somalia's future debated at the UN

Expanding network of drone bases to hit Somalia, Yemen"

Q & A with the prime minister of Somalia: A troubled country seeks help

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Somali rebels send thousands back into famine zone

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'We will suppress Al-Shabaab soon', says Somali army

Join the American Federation of Teachers in alleviating children's famine in Somalia

US expanding network of drone bases to hit Somalia and Yemen

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Somalia deaths to spiral, agencies warn

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Somalia, lives before politics

USAID: 'Somalia must stop standing in the way of aid'

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Lindhout wants to help Somalia

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Somalia's Al-Shebab gives weapons prize to children

Somalia PM speaks at University at Buffalo

Turkish aid reaches Somalia despite obstacles

Somalia: Growing Number of Lives at Risk

Somalia PM meets top officials in Washington

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Galkayo mayor warns about "targeted' killings of intellectuals and community leaders

White House Weights LImits of Terror Fight

Somalia: Tenuous Peace Brings Hope

General warns of terror collaboration in Africa

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Two Degrees Food™ Partners With Relief International to Launch National Famine Relief Campaign"

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Somalia through a mother's eyes

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Stigmatized, misunderstood and shackled in Somalia

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Somalia: A Deepening Humanitarian Crisis: ABC News video

Studying Hunger Journals by Bernadette Mayer- Station Hill Press, 2011

Jonathan Skinner- Mayer's Walden

Two or three strange convergences: one, that I obtained my copy of Bernadette Mayer's masterful Studying Hunger Journals on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and after I've been focussing for several weeks here on the frightening famine in Somalia, and also on the same day that I obtained Pierre Joris' astounding translation of Paul Celan's "The Meridian: Speech on the Occasion of receiving the George Buchner prize, October 22, 1960".

It is well worth reading Skinner's enthusiastic paper. For me, Bernadette Mayer's book Studying Hunger published in 1975 is a landmark in my appreciation and understanding of what is possible in the realm of the poetic study of consciousness, as was her previous book Moving, published by Angel Hair in 1971. Even though the books were 30 pages and 71 pages long respectively, I thought of them as epic in scope. However, I had no idea that the Studying Hunger Journals was literally an epic at 456 pages long. I am baffled, and in a sense, sorrowful that such an important book took so long to be published, but at least now it is available as is the author to be around to see it in the world, and to be asked about it and see it discussed. I am excitedly looking forward to reading it closely, and hopefully reporting back here as to my thoughts about this amazing, this crucial and most important literary contribution.

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"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves."
— Edward R. Murrow

Blowback and US Government Policy in Somalia

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Somalia's worsening famine - NY Times editorial 9/12/11


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Turkish delegation visits Mogadishu, Somalia

George Lakoff:The use of 9/11 to consolidate conservative power: Intimidation via framing

Jordan sends relief aid to Somalia

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AU peacekeepers foil bomb plot in Mogadishu camp

Somali PM urges more military support

A London teacher takes up his job as Somalia's deputy prime minister

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Somalia famine relief held at gunpoint

Oman plans 'air relief corridor' to Somalia

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Somali pirates free Danish crew

Hundreds are dying daily in Somalia as famine spreads

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Getting aid to conflict affected Somalia is difficult but not impossible

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Key regional state refuses Mogadishu talks

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A reality check on Somalia

On Somalia Street Instanbul African Migrants Seek a New Life

Gulf News: Easing access of aid to Somalia

UN Sponsored Reconciliation Talks to Open In Somalia

Charity aid groups are misleading the public on Somalia

Fighting in Somalia'a Puntland kills at least 27

Famine in Somalia- a man-made crisis

UN to airlift aid into Somalia

Somalia: Stop Unfair Trials, Executions

Journalist killed in shooting attack in Somali capital

War and corruption are responsible for famines, not droughts

For refugees the price of dignity

UN Renews Somalia Famine Warning

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Only a quarter of drought money goes to Somalia

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East Africa Refugees Get Cash Handouts

KENYA-SOMALIA: Border town feels the refugee pressure

World Food Program works to save lives in East Africa

Ending Famine in East Africa [Japan Times]

Coontradicta




There is little you haven't experienced often, at least indirectly, less as you grow older. Still, it's better to be surprised than cynical.


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You are all a list generation

US Set to announce 100 million in aid to Somalia

Aid for Somalia must not become pawn in US game

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Over SR 200m raised in Somalia Telethon

CNN World: How to end Somalia's famine and weaken the insurgents

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Iranian Foreign Minister Visits Famine Hit Areas in Somalia

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Children of Somalia's Famine Flood Hospital

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East Africa, Eritrea and the Relief Effort in Somalia

Somalia: The Wealthy Group Thrives On Starving Population

China donates 16 million dollars to famine stricken Somalia

Famine in Somalia Could Spread to Entire Region

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JTA: Jews Must REspond to the Crisis in Somalia

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K'naan opens his heart to Somali famine victiims

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"Somalia must become a priority"- Red Cross

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NGO's face delivery nightmare in Somalia

Famine in Somalia: Was it always like this?"

Argotist Online Free Ebooks

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The new ebook from Argotist online is Apertures by Rob McLennan

U.N.: 300, 000 children "at risk of dying" in Somalia

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Action Against Hunger

UK Delegation arrives in Mogadishu to assess famine situation in Somalia

"Kids are definitely starving" says NW worker in Somalia

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Somalia/Somaliland on the internet

Organization of Islamic Cooperation Pledges $350 million to Somalia at Turkey Summit

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Wikipedia: Organization of Islamic Cooperation

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Communities Try To Aid Africa Relief Efforts
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Somalia

"There are no railways in Somalia; internal transportation is limited to truck and bus. The national road system nominally comprises 22,100 kilometers (13,702 mi.) of roads that include about 2,600 kilometers (1,612 mi.) of all-weather roads, although most roads have received little maintenance for years and have seriously deteriorated.

Air transportation is provided by small air charter firms. A number of airlines operate from Hargeisa. Some private airlines, including Daallo Airlines, serve several domestic locations as well as Djibouti and the United Arab Emirates. The UN and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operate air service for their missions.

The European Community and the World Bank jointly financed construction of a deepwater port at Mogadishu. The Soviet Union improved Somalia's deepwater port at Berbera in 1969. Facilities at Berbera were further improved by a U.S. military construction program completed in 1985, but they have since become dilapidated. During the 1990s the United States renovated a deepwater port at Kismayo that serves the fertile Juba River basin and is vital to Somalia's banana export industry. Smaller ports are located at Merca, Brava, and Bossaso. Absence of security and lack of maintenance and improvement are major issues at most Somali ports".

LIngering al-Shebab Influence Obstructs Somali Famine Relief

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Open Letter from Somali Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur

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From Abukar Arman- Somlia's Envoy to the United States (Huffington Post)

Starving in Somalia

NY Times, Friday August 12

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Action Against Hunger

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Action Against Hunger received top charity navigator rating- for the fifth straight year

Three On Translation- Serge Gavronsky (includes new translations of Francis Ponge)

(via wood s lot)

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Wikipedia: Horn of Africa Famine

"The famine was declared in response to new data from the UN's food security and nutrition analysis unit.[43][14] This is the first time the UN has declared a famine since the 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia, when over a million people died.[5] Under international law, there is no mandated response which must follow from an official declaration of famine. However, it is hoped that the use of the term will serve as a "wake-up call" to the rest of the world, who have so far failed to respond.[5]"

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Action against Hunger (in East Africa)

"(Action Against Hunger is a registered 501(c)(3) organization and receives top ratings from key charity rating agencies Charity Navigator (receiving a 4-star rating), Independent Charities of America, Guidestar, and receives an "A" rating from the American Institute of Philanthropy. Donations to Action Against Hunger are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.)"

Contradicta




Tea party poetics: "read my lips- no new parataxis."


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Poetry: it's a question of mind over mutter